finch

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n. 雀科鸣鸟

发音

其它 /fɪnt͡ʃ/
US /fɪnt͡ʃ/

词形变化

finches 复数 finches finched finches 三单 finching 现在分词 finched 过去式 finched 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).

  2. 2.

    Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.

    燕雀

    雀

  3. 3.

    Any bird of other families of similar appearance to members of family Fringillidae.

  4. 4.

    A woman.

    英国 过时 俚语

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London "Well, she could have put it across me for that matter if Dodger, who'd seen her up there, didn't happen to call round to do with the business," admitted George simply. "All these finches seem to get themselves up in the same way nowadays, till I can't tell one sort of tart from another. But I suppose there's something you go by."

v.
  1. 1.

    To hunt for finches, to go finching.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

oscine

下位词 10

cardinal canary bunting goldfinch linnet redpoll brambling bullfinch canary bird chaffinch

相关短语

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词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Germanic *finkiz Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Germanic *finkô Old English finċ Middle English fynch English finch From Middle English fynch, from Old English finċ, from Proto-West Germanic *finki, from Proto-Germanic *finkiz (compare Dutch vink, German Fink), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (“chaffinch”). Compare Welsh pinc (“finch”), Ancient Greek σπίγγος (spíngos, “chaffinch”), Russian пе́нка (pénka, “wren”), Sanskrit फिङ्गक (phiṅgaka, “drongo, shrike”).

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