culver

FREQ #33205

n. 鸽

发音

其它 /ˈkʌlvə/

词形变化

culvers 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.

    英国

    The palsie plagues my pulses when I prigg yoͬ: piggs or pullen your culuers take, or matchles make your Chanticleare or sullen

  2. 1.

    A culverin, a kind of handgun or cannon.

相关短语

Culver City

词源

From Middle English culver, from Old English culufre, culfre, culfer, possibly borrowed from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula (“little pigeon”), from Latin columba (“pigeon, dove”).

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