cormorant

n. 鸬鹚, 贪婪的人 a. 贪婪的

发音

UK /ˈkɔːməɹənt/
US /ˈkɔɹməɹənt/
其它 /ˈkɑm(ə)ɹənt/

词形变化

cormorants 复数 cormorants more cormorant 比较级 most cormorant 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).

    鸬鹚

    鸬䲿

    鱼鹰

  2. 2.

    A voracious eater; also, a person who, or thing which, is aggressively greedy for wealth, etc.

    古体 定语 比喻
adj.
  1. 1.

    Voracious; aggressively greedy.

    古体

相关短语

cormorant fishing 鸬鹚捕鱼 red-faced cormorant green cormorant great cormorant spectacled cormorant flightless cormorant sea cormorant pygmy cormorant 侏鸬鹚 blue-eyed cormorant Guanay cormorant Magellan cormorant little black cormorant Brandt's cormorant black-faced cormorant red-legged cormorant 红腿鸬鹚

词源

PIE word *ḱorh₂wós From Middle English cormeraunt (“great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo); other types of aquatic bird”) [and other forms], from Old French cormaran, cor-maraunt [and other forms] (modern French cormoran), possibly variants of *corp-marin, from Medieval Latin corvus marīnus (literally “sea-raven”), with the ending -morant possibly derived from French moran (“marine, maritime”), from Breton mor (“sea”), with -an corrupted in English to -ant. Latin corvus is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós (“raven”), which is imitative of the harsh cry of the bird; while marīnus (“of or pertaining to the sea, marine”) is from Latin mare (“sea”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“sea; standing water”), possibly from *mer- (“sea; lake; wetland”)) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Cognates * Catalan corbmari * Occitan corpmari * Portuguese corvomarinho

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