eggling

发音

/ɛɡ.l̩.ɪŋ/
/ɛɡ.lɪŋ/

词形变化

egglings 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The sale of eggs; the trade of an eggler.

    古体 不可数
  2. 1.

    A small, miniature, undersized, or underdeveloped egg.

    "Ode X" in 1834, Charles L. S. Jones, American Lyrics One Lovling scarcely's fledg'd. One, yet, An eggling still remains; A third, from forth the broken shell, In chirping notes, complains.

词源

Presumably from *eggle (“to sell eggs”) + -ing. Compare eggler (“seller of eggs”).

来源：wiktionary