turtle dove

短语

[计] 龟标

发音

UK /ˈtɜːtəldʌv/
其它
US /ˈtɝtəldʌv/

词形变化

turtle doves 复数

别名

turtle-dove

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of several (species of) birds, called by this traditional name, mainly in the genus Streptopelia, of the family Columbidae (doves and pigeons, which also included the extinct passenger pigeon, dodo, and solitaire).

    斑鸠

    欧斑鸠

  2. 2.

    A lover, one half of a couple.

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London […] and then on a common impulse this curiously simple pair of habitual criminals were in each other's arms and exchanging fond kisses for all the world like honest lovers. "Hullo, turtle doves," remarked Nickle, stumbling in upon this idyll and accepting it with saving coolness.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

dove

下位词 1

ring dove

词源

From Middle English turtildove, turteldoufe (cognate with Old High German turtultūba, turtulatūba, turtiltūba, Middle High German turteltūbe, türteltūbe, German Turteltaube; German Low German Turtelduuv, Dutch tortelduif, Faroese turtildúgva, Icelandic turtildúfa), Danish turteldue, Norwegian Bokmål turteldue, Norwegian Nynorsk turteldue, Swedish turturduva. The first element is from Latin turtur (“turtledove”) (compare the archaic synonym turtle (“turtle dove (bird)”); the word is not related to turtle (“reptile with a shell”).

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