They have tested the idea that cuckoos mimic hawks—or, at least, that warblers think cuckoos look hawklike.

它们已经证了杜鹃会模仿鹰——或者说，至少在莺看来，杜鹃非常像鹰。

Otherwise, people are gonna think you're a major league cuckoo clock.

不然大家只觉得你是个职棒联盟里不起钟表。

Probably, Dr Davies and Dr Welbergen have caught cuckoo and warbler in the middle of an evolutionary arms race.

也许戴维斯博士和韦伯尔根博士已经注意到了杜鹃和莺正处于一个进化军备竞赛中。

Hawk-like stripes do, then, provoke what is, from a cuckoo's point of view, the desired reaction: less of the sort of behaviour that is likely to interfere with her egg-laying mission.

从杜鹃角度来看，鹰状条纹所起主要作用就是它所希望看到：如果缺乏这种行为会则会影响到杜鹃产卵任务。

But alas! We do like cowbirds and cuckoos, which lay their eggs in nests which other birds have built, and cheer no traveler with their chattering and unmusical notes.

可是，唉！我们不喜欢燕八哥和杜鹃，它们跑到别个禽所筑造巢中去下蛋，那叽叽喳喳不协和乐音并不能使行路经过人听了快乐。

The leaves rustled overhead; the cuckoo sang from the unseen dark, and perfume of babla flowers came from the bend of the road.

树叶在头上萧萧地响着，杜鹃在幽暗处歌唱，曲径传来胶树花香。

That cuckoo clock won't go away, Andy!

那台布谷钟就是不肯走开 安迪！

Yes I know that. What I mean is that you are silly to think the impossible is possible. That's living in cloud cuckoo land. Basically, you are misguided to think I can do my work AND your work. OK?

对，我知道。我意思是，你认为不可能事情是可能，这真是太傻了。这就是" 生活在脱梦幻之境" 。从根本上说，你认为我能把咱们两个人工作都做了，那你想错了。好吧？

The city gets to us all went a little cuckoo in the head.

这城市搞得我们大脑都缺根弦了。

Quick anecdote about that is that cuckoos know that the host birds can count.

还有一个小故事，杜鹃知道寄主在下蛋时会数数。

Steph Curry, Sabrina Ionescu, Diana Taurasi, or Larry Bird, cuckoo.

Stephen Curry、Sabrina Ionescu、Diana Taurasi还是Larry Bird。

So, this might sound a little cuckoo to modern ears.

这对代人来说听起来可能有点疯狂。

It's like cutting the hair of a cuckoo bird.

这就像在剪布谷头发一样。

The data doesn't mean that all comedians are cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.

该数据并不意味着所有喜剧演员都是如此疯狂。

You also go all cuckoo when you hear good news.

你听到好消息时也会反应过度。

The bird in the clock gaily hops out and says cuckoo.

钟里小愉快地跳出来，“布谷布谷”地叫着。

Items from as large as grandfather (also called " cuckoo" ) clocks to palm-sized miniature animals, farm utensils or equipment, or creations from the imagination can be had at roadside stands or local markets.

作品大至祖父级时钟（或称“咕咕钟”）到手掌般大小动物雕像、农器或耕具、或想象创作等，在路边摊子或当地市场都买得到。

And so many look nothing like the bees we picture like orchid bees with their super long tongues in iridescent colors, or this parasitic cuckoo bee with bluish markings from Africa.

而且很多蜂类看起来一点也不像我们想象中蜜蜂，比如有着彩虹色超长舌头兰花蜂，或者这种来自非洲带蓝色斑纹寄生杜鹃蜂。

The cuckoo lays its egg in the strange bird's nest, and when the young one is hatched it shoulders its foster-brothers out and breaks at last the nest that has sheltered it.

杜鹃把蛋下到别巢里，当雏孵出以后，就把它异母兄弟们挤出巢外，最后还要把庇护它巢窝毁掉。

" They hardly ever stand still, " he said, but for one moment Wendy saw the romantic figure come to rest on the cuckoo clock. " O the lovely" ! she cried, though Tink's face was still distorted with passion.

" 他们很少站住不动。" 彼得说。 可是一刹那间，温迪看见那个梦幻小身影停在了布谷报时钟上。 " 哦，太可爱了！" 她叫道，虽然叮叮脸仍然气得变形。