morepork

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmɔːpɔːk/

名詞

ニュージーランド英語 オーストラリア英語 口語 軽蔑的

(chiefly New Zealand) The Tasmanian spotted owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae), a small brown owl indigenous to New Zealand and Tasmania. / A foolish person; also, a person who is wearisome.

日本語の意味

(主にニュージーランド) ニュージーランドおよびタスマニアに生息する小型の茶色いフクロウ、タイセイアンスポッテッドオウル（Ninox novaeseelandiae） / 愚か者、または退屈で面倒な人物

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A morepork perched quietly on the garden fence, listening for the rustle of small mammals.

タスマニアとニュージーランドに生息する小さな茶色いフクロウが庭の塀に静かに止まり、小さな哺乳類の足音を聞いていた。

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意味（1）

(chiefly New Zealand) The Tasmanian spotted owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae), a small brown owl indigenous to New Zealand and Tasmania.

[T]he eye of the Morepork or Greater Night Jarr, which I lately had the opportunity of examining, is wonderfully adapted for enabling it to see the insects in the dark, on which it feeds.

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意味（2）

A foolish person; also, a person who is wearisome.

It is interesting that the Opposition morepork is starting to chirp. … We have all heard about the gang of four and a half—the morepork brigade.

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意味（3）

A person who is lazy or slow; a slowcoach, a slowpoke.

Where's that old morepoke? O, you're there, are you? Fetch the jack off o' your wagon—come! fly roun'! you're (very) slow for a young fellow.

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moreporks （ plural ）