covey

大学

n. (一)群, 一队

发音

US /ˈkʌvi/
UK /ˈkəʊvi/
其它
其它
US /ˈkoʊvi/
UK /ˈkʌvi/

词形变化

covies 复数 coveys 复数 coveyed coveying coveys 三单 coveying 现在分词 coveyed 过去式 coveyed 过去分词

别名

covie

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).

  2. 2.

    A group of other birds, such as quail (superfamily Phasianoidea).

    引申义
  3. 3.

    A group or party of people; also, a group or set of things.

    群

    比喻 引申义
  4. 1.

    A male person, a man; a chap, a chappie.

    过时 俚语
v.
  1. 1.

    To gather into a group.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

gathering flock assemblage

部分词 2

partridge grouse

词源

The noun is derived from Middle English covei, covey (“brood of partridges, covey; volley of shot; kind of gun”) [and other forms], from Old French covée (“brood (of chickens), clutch”) (modern French couvée), a noun use of the feminine past participle of cover (“to brood (an egg)”) (modern French couver), from Latin cubāre, the present active infinitive of cubō (“to lie down, recline; to incubate; to be broody”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“to lie down”). The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates French couvée (“brood (of chickens), clutch”), couver (“to brood (an egg)”) Italian covata (“brood, clutch, covey, hatch”), covare (“to brood or incubate (an egg)”)

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