英语词汇pyow的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

pyow. Real monkey talk. According to the National Geo- graphic (February 2001), Nigerian putty-nosed monkeys have been observed combining vocal signals to create new mean- ings, “the first time there has been evidence of a non-human mammal combining vocal signals to create entirely new mean- ings.” For example, pyow means a leopard is lurking in the vi- cinity, while hack means an eagle is in the area. These calls have been observed to construct “a simple sentence,” pyow pyow hack hack hack hack, meaning “Let’s get out of this place!”

词汇	pyow
词源	pyow. Real monkey talk. According to the National Geo- graphic (February 2001), Nigerian putty-nosed monkeys have been observed combining vocal signals to create new mean- ings, “the first time there has been evidence of a non-human mammal combining vocal signals to create entirely new mean- ings.” For example, pyow means a leopard is lurking in the vi- cinity, while hack means an eagle is in the area. These calls have been observed to construct “a simple sentence,” pyow pyow hack hack hack hack, meaning “Let’s get out of this place!”
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