greenfinch

n. 绿黄色科鸣鸟

发音

AU /ˈɡɹiːn.fɪnt͡ʃ/
UK /ˈɡɹiːn.fɪnt͡ʃ/
CA /ˈɡɹin.fɪnt͡ʃ/
US /ˈɡɹin.fɪnt͡ʃ/

词形变化

greenfinches 复数 greenfinches

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Europe and Asia.

  2. 2.

    Any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Europe and Asia.

    European greenfinch, a common Old World finch (Chloris chloris, syn. Carduelis chloris), mainly green with yellow in the wings and tail.

  3. 3.

    A female member of the Ulster Defence Regiment.

    历史 非正式
  4. 4.

    A female member of the Ulster Defence Regiment.

    A female member of the Royal Irish Regiment.

    英国 历史 非正式 俚语 政治 军事 引申义

相关短语

European greenfinch black-headed greenfinch grey-capped greenfinch 金翅雀 Oriental greenfinch Vietnamese greenfinch yellow-breasted greenfinch Bonin greenfinch Trias greenfinch slender-billed greenfinch

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Germanic *finkiz Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Germanic *finkô Old English finċ Middle English fynch English finch English greenfinch Compound of green + finch.

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