chough

n. 红嘴山鸦

发音

US /t͡ʃʌf/
UK /t͡ʃʌf/
AU /t͡ʃɐf/
NZ /t͡ʃɐf/
其它 /t͡ʃʊf/

词形变化

choughs 复数 choughs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Either of two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia.

    山鸦

  2. 2.

    The white-winged chough, of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands.

相关短语

alpine chough 黄嘴山鸦 yellow-billed chough Alpine Chough Alpine chough

词源

From Middle English choughe, choȝe, coo, cheo, from Old English ċēo (“a bird of the genus Corvus, a jay, crow, jackdaw, chough”) and ċeahhe (“a daw”), both from Proto-West Germanic *kahu (“jackdaw, crow”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to crow, caw, shout”). Cognate with Scots kae (“jackdaw”), West Frisian ka (“jackdaw”), Dutch kauw (“jackdaw, daw, chough”), Swedish kaja (“jackdaw”).

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