English Dictionary

cuckooing

名詞

イギリス英語

The call of a cuckoo. / (UK) A form of crime in which the home of a vulnerable person is taken over by a criminal gang and used by them as a base for their activities.

日本語の意味

カッコー鳥の鳴き声。 / （英国での用法）犯罪組織が脆弱な人の住居を占拠し、その拠点として使用する犯罪行為。

At dawn, the cuckooing from the old willow signaled that spring had truly arrived.

夜明けに、古いヤナギの木から聞こえたカッコウの鳴き声が、本当に春が来たことを告げていた。

意味（1）

The call of a cuckoo.

[…] the mistaken idea that wagtails and hedge-warblers feed the young cuckoos they bring up, long after they leave the nest, whenever they hear their cuckooing, […]

意味（2）

(UK) A form of crime in which the home of a vulnerable person is taken over by a criminal gang and used by them as a base for their activities.

cuckooings （ plural ）