Definition of settler's clock in English:

settler's clock

noun

Australian

the noise woke me and, when I inquired, I was told that it was the settler's clock
another term for kookaburra
Example sentencesExamples
- The bird has been not unaptly named the settler's clock.
- He stirred first in the mornings, roused by the shrieks of the settler's clock.
- At half-past four, the settler's clock is making merry with the first glimpse of daylight.
- He was awakened just before dawn by the settler's clock.
- Early literature commonly refers to the settler's clock.
- The small settler certainly did not possess a clock, and so the useful song of the kookaburra became known as the settler's clock.
- It was the loud and discordant noise of the settler's clock, as the bird is called.
- The old man, laughing, answered, 'That 'eres the settler's clock.'
- The settler's clock is a strange-looking bird of the goat-sucker tribe.
- The 'settler's clock' was the white man's name for the kookaburra.

Origin

Early 19th century: from the bird's loud and discordant dawn chorus.

单词	settler's clock
释义	Definition of settler's clock in English: settler's clock noun Australian the noise woke me and, when I inquired, I was told that it was the settler's clock another term for kookaburra Example sentencesExamples The bird has been not unaptly named the settler's clock. He stirred first in the mornings, roused by the shrieks of the settler's clock. At half-past four, the settler's clock is making merry with the first glimpse of daylight. He was awakened just before dawn by the settler's clock. Early literature commonly refers to the settler's clock. The small settler certainly did not possess a clock, and so the useful song of the kookaburra became known as the settler's clock. It was the loud and discordant noise of the settler's clock, as the bird is called. The old man, laughing, answered, 'That 'eres the settler's clock.' The settler's clock is a strange-looking bird of the goat-sucker tribe. The 'settler's clock' was the white man's name for the kookaburra. Origin Early 19th century: from the bird's loud and discordant dawn chorus.
随便看	fluster-bluster flustered flustered flustered flusteredly flusteredness flusteredness flusterer flustering flusters flutal flute flute-a-bec fluted flute d'amour flute-douce flute-like flute-like flutelike fluter fluter fluters flutes flutey flutey 攀比攀爬攀登攀禽攀缘攀缘茎攀诬攀谈攀越攀附 Flächenreibung Flächenreibungsverluste Flächenschleifmaschine Flächenschliff Flächenschmierung Flächenstruktur Flächensymmetrie Flächenträgheitsmoment Flächenverhältnis Flächenwinkel