Definition of bunyip in English:

bunyip

noun ˈbʌnjɪpˈbənyip

Australian

1A mythical amphibious monster said to inhabit inland waterways.
（传说中的）沼泽怪兽
Example sentencesExamples
- It is the study of such creatures as the Australian bunyip, Bigfoot, the chupacabra, and the Loch Ness monster.
- However, most Australians now consider the existence of the bunyip to be mythical.
- It's mirrored by an account told by white settlers of a paddle steamer captain who shot a bunyip.
- Examples of the former are the yowie (Australia's version of Bigfoot) and the bunyip (a swamp-dwelling, hairy creature with a horselike head).
- Some say the bunyip looks like a huge snake with a beard and a mane; others say it looks like a huge furry half-human beast with a long neck and a head like a bird.
- After the bunyip returned home, Tyawan crept out of his cave to search for his magic bone.
- There was a rumble below and all the creatures began to flee yelling ‘Quick, here comes the bunyip!’.
- What's more, he is a 53-year-old man who lives outside the city, throws three-day parties and whose ex-partner has written a book about bunyips.
- There's a good history of bunyips (admittedly, with kid-friendly flash) here.
- But in recent years there has been a flood of big indigenous icons, many owned by indigenous corporations: big koalas, big kangaroos, big crocodiles, big bunyips and big barramundi.
- The Professor was going to pelt Hugh Mackay with a great, malodorous barrage of bunyip droppings, but then realised there wouldn't be any point.
- The bunyip lives in Australia and is believed by many to be a descendant of the diprotodon, a marsupial (an animal with a pouch, like the kangaroo) about the size of a rhinoceros, which became extinct thousands of years ago.
2usually as modifier An impostor or pretender.
冒名顶替者，骗子
Australia's bunyip aristocracy
澳大利亚的冒牌贵族阶层。
Example sentencesExamples
- Stan Gudgeon has trained his beady, jaundiced bunyip eye on leftie econo-blogger John Quiggin.
- His play on the word bunyip, with its overtones of anachronistic absurdity, reflected the refusal by Australians to institutionalise an upper class.
- So many things to get a bunyip upset, so little time to fulminate about them.
- Since the days of Macarthur there has been a bunyip aristocracy in Australia that has been offended by the idea of having to pay to acquire labour.
- A Labor Prime Minister ‘born to be a king’ is destined to produce a ‘powerful Governor-General’, ‘a bunyip aristocracy’.
- A small step for the blogosphere, but a giant leap for bunyips!
- In the early 1850s, when Wentworth chaired the committee appointed to draft a new constitution for NSW, his unsuccessful plea for an upper house based on a hereditary colonial peerage was mocked as a bunyip aristocracy.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Wemba-wemba banib.

Definition of bunyip in US English:

bunyip

nounˈbənyip

Australian

1A mythical amphibious monster inhabiting inland waterways.
（传说中的）沼泽怪兽
Example sentencesExamples
- However, most Australians now consider the existence of the bunyip to be mythical.
- It is the study of such creatures as the Australian bunyip, Bigfoot, the chupacabra, and the Loch Ness monster.
- Examples of the former are the yowie (Australia's version of Bigfoot) and the bunyip (a swamp-dwelling, hairy creature with a horselike head).
- There was a rumble below and all the creatures began to flee yelling ‘Quick, here comes the bunyip!’.
- It's mirrored by an account told by white settlers of a paddle steamer captain who shot a bunyip.
- The bunyip lives in Australia and is believed by many to be a descendant of the diprotodon, a marsupial (an animal with a pouch, like the kangaroo) about the size of a rhinoceros, which became extinct thousands of years ago.
- The Professor was going to pelt Hugh Mackay with a great, malodorous barrage of bunyip droppings, but then realised there wouldn't be any point.
- There's a good history of bunyips (admittedly, with kid-friendly flash) here.
- Some say the bunyip looks like a huge snake with a beard and a mane; others say it looks like a huge furry half-human beast with a long neck and a head like a bird.
- After the bunyip returned home, Tyawan crept out of his cave to search for his magic bone.
- What's more, he is a 53-year-old man who lives outside the city, throws three-day parties and whose ex-partner has written a book about bunyips.
- But in recent years there has been a flood of big indigenous icons, many owned by indigenous corporations: big koalas, big kangaroos, big crocodiles, big bunyips and big barramundi.
2usually as modifier An impostor or pretender.
冒名顶替者，骗子
Australia's bunyip aristocracy
澳大利亚的冒牌贵族阶层。
Example sentencesExamples
- A small step for the blogosphere, but a giant leap for bunyips!
- A Labor Prime Minister ‘born to be a king’ is destined to produce a ‘powerful Governor-General’, ‘a bunyip aristocracy’.
- So many things to get a bunyip upset, so little time to fulminate about them.
- Since the days of Macarthur there has been a bunyip aristocracy in Australia that has been offended by the idea of having to pay to acquire labour.
- Stan Gudgeon has trained his beady, jaundiced bunyip eye on leftie econo-blogger John Quiggin.
- His play on the word bunyip, with its overtones of anachronistic absurdity, reflected the refusal by Australians to institutionalise an upper class.
- In the early 1850s, when Wentworth chaired the committee appointed to draft a new constitution for NSW, his unsuccessful plea for an upper house based on a hereditary colonial peerage was mocked as a bunyip aristocracy.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Wemba-wemba banib.

词汇	bunyip
释义	Definition of bunyip in English: bunyip noun ˈbʌnjɪpˈbənyip Australian 1A mythical amphibious monster said to inhabit inland waterways. （传说中的）沼泽怪兽 Example sentencesExamples It is the study of such creatures as the Australian bunyip, Bigfoot, the chupacabra, and the Loch Ness monster. However, most Australians now consider the existence of the bunyip to be mythical. It's mirrored by an account told by white settlers of a paddle steamer captain who shot a bunyip. Examples of the former are the yowie (Australia's version of Bigfoot) and the bunyip (a swamp-dwelling, hairy creature with a horselike head). Some say the bunyip looks like a huge snake with a beard and a mane; others say it looks like a huge furry half-human beast with a long neck and a head like a bird. After the bunyip returned home, Tyawan crept out of his cave to search for his magic bone. There was a rumble below and all the creatures began to flee yelling ‘Quick, here comes the bunyip!’. What's more, he is a 53-year-old man who lives outside the city, throws three-day parties and whose ex-partner has written a book about bunyips. There's a good history of bunyips (admittedly, with kid-friendly flash) here. But in recent years there has been a flood of big indigenous icons, many owned by indigenous corporations: big koalas, big kangaroos, big crocodiles, big bunyips and big barramundi. The Professor was going to pelt Hugh Mackay with a great, malodorous barrage of bunyip droppings, but then realised there wouldn't be any point. The bunyip lives in Australia and is believed by many to be a descendant of the diprotodon, a marsupial (an animal with a pouch, like the kangaroo) about the size of a rhinoceros, which became extinct thousands of years ago. 2usually as modifier An impostor or pretender. 冒名顶替者，骗子 Australia's bunyip aristocracy 澳大利亚的冒牌贵族阶层。 Example sentencesExamples Stan Gudgeon has trained his beady, jaundiced bunyip eye on leftie econo-blogger John Quiggin. His play on the word bunyip, with its overtones of anachronistic absurdity, reflected the refusal by Australians to institutionalise an upper class. So many things to get a bunyip upset, so little time to fulminate about them. Since the days of Macarthur there has been a bunyip aristocracy in Australia that has been offended by the idea of having to pay to acquire labour. A Labor Prime Minister ‘born to be a king’ is destined to produce a ‘powerful Governor-General’, ‘a bunyip aristocracy’. A small step for the blogosphere, but a giant leap for bunyips! In the early 1850s, when Wentworth chaired the committee appointed to draft a new constitution for NSW, his unsuccessful plea for an upper house based on a hereditary colonial peerage was mocked as a bunyip aristocracy. Origin Mid 19th century: from Wemba-wemba banib. Definition of bunyip in US English: bunyip nounˈbənyip Australian 1A mythical amphibious monster inhabiting inland waterways. （传说中的）沼泽怪兽 Example sentencesExamples However, most Australians now consider the existence of the bunyip to be mythical. It is the study of such creatures as the Australian bunyip, Bigfoot, the chupacabra, and the Loch Ness monster. Examples of the former are the yowie (Australia's version of Bigfoot) and the bunyip (a swamp-dwelling, hairy creature with a horselike head). There was a rumble below and all the creatures began to flee yelling ‘Quick, here comes the bunyip!’. It's mirrored by an account told by white settlers of a paddle steamer captain who shot a bunyip. The bunyip lives in Australia and is believed by many to be a descendant of the diprotodon, a marsupial (an animal with a pouch, like the kangaroo) about the size of a rhinoceros, which became extinct thousands of years ago. The Professor was going to pelt Hugh Mackay with a great, malodorous barrage of bunyip droppings, but then realised there wouldn't be any point. There's a good history of bunyips (admittedly, with kid-friendly flash) here. Some say the bunyip looks like a huge snake with a beard and a mane; others say it looks like a huge furry half-human beast with a long neck and a head like a bird. After the bunyip returned home, Tyawan crept out of his cave to search for his magic bone. What's more, he is a 53-year-old man who lives outside the city, throws three-day parties and whose ex-partner has written a book about bunyips. But in recent years there has been a flood of big indigenous icons, many owned by indigenous corporations: big koalas, big kangaroos, big crocodiles, big bunyips and big barramundi. 2usually as modifier An impostor or pretender. 冒名顶替者，骗子 Australia's bunyip aristocracy 澳大利亚的冒牌贵族阶层。 Example sentencesExamples A small step for the blogosphere, but a giant leap for bunyips! A Labor Prime Minister ‘born to be a king’ is destined to produce a ‘powerful Governor-General’, ‘a bunyip aristocracy’. So many things to get a bunyip upset, so little time to fulminate about them. Since the days of Macarthur there has been a bunyip aristocracy in Australia that has been offended by the idea of having to pay to acquire labour. Stan Gudgeon has trained his beady, jaundiced bunyip eye on leftie econo-blogger John Quiggin. His play on the word bunyip, with its overtones of anachronistic absurdity, reflected the refusal by Australians to institutionalise an upper class. In the early 1850s, when Wentworth chaired the committee appointed to draft a new constitution for NSW, his unsuccessful plea for an upper house based on a hereditary colonial peerage was mocked as a bunyip aristocracy. Origin Mid 19th century: from Wemba-wemba banib.
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