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

它们已经证实了杜鹃会模仿鹰——或者说，至看来，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眼的破钟表。

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正处于一个进化的军备竞赛中。

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.

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

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的巢中去下蛋，那叽叽喳喳的不协和乐音并不能使行路经过的人听了快乐。

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

树叶头上萧萧地响着，杜鹃幽暗处歌唱，曲径传来胶树的花香。

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。我的意思是，你认为不可能的事情是可能的，这真是太傻了。这就是" 生活脱离现实的梦幻之境" 。从根本上说，你认为我能把咱们两个人的工作都做了，那你想错了。？

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.

这对现代人来说听起来可能有点疯狂。

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

这就像剪布谷的头发一样。

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

该数据并不意味着所有的喜剧演员都是如此疯狂。

You also go all cuckoo when you hear good news.

你听到消息时也会反应过度。

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

钟里的小愉快地跳出来，“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”）到手掌般大小的动物雕像、农器或耕具、或想象的创作等，路边的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的蜜蜂，比如有着彩虹色超长舌头的兰花蜂，或者这种来自非洲的带蓝色斑纹的寄生杜鹃蜂。

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.

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

" 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.

" 他们很站住不动。" 彼得说。 可是一刹那间，温迪看见那个梦幻的小身影停了布谷报时钟上。 " 哦，太可爱了！" 她叫道，虽然叮叮的脸仍然气得变形。