chaffinch
n. 花鸡
发音
US
/ˈt͡ʃæfɪnt͡ʃ/
词形变化
chaffinches
复数
chaffinches
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, found throughout Europe and eastward to Iran and eastern Mediterranean coastlands.
苍头燕雀
词汇关系
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词源
From Middle English chaffynch, chaffynche, caffynche, equivalent to chaff + finch. However, more recently the first element has been argued to derive from the same root as Old English cæfed (“ornamented”) and cæfing (“hair-ornament”), thus meaning "ornamented finch, colourful finch".
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