avadavat

n. [动] 莓莺(产于印度的观赏鸟),梅花雀

词形变化

avadavats 复数 avadavats

别名

amaduvad

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various estrildid finches of the genus Amandava, especially the red avadavat, Amandava amandava, of India and Southeast Asia, commonly kept and bred as a cagebird; also known as Java sparrow.

    And now it has flown to new scenes of delight, Where Venus's pigeons long cooing have sat, While Lesbia's famed sparrow with envy moults white

    And the warm angled winter screen, On which were many monsters seen, Call’d doves of Siam, Lima mice, And legless birds of Paradise, Macaw, and tender Avadavat,

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

amadavat

上位词 2

weaver weaverbird

相关短语

red avadavat

词源

Variant of earlier amadavat, from Ahmedabad, city in Gujarat, India, from which the bird was imported to Europe.

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