murre

海鸠

发音

UK /mɜː/
其它
US /mɝ/

词形变化

murres 复数 murres

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any seabird of the genus Uria in the family Alcidae (the auks).

    1997, Robert Wayne Campbell, Neil K. Dawe, The Birds of British Columbia, Volume 2: Nonpasserines: Diurnal birds of prey through woodpeckers, page 296, About 2,800 pairs of Common Murres breed in the province, most of which are in the Scott Islands off northwestern Vancouver Island.

    2000, Susan Allport, The Primal Feast: Food, Sex, Foraging, and Love, 2003, paperback, page 52, Staking out a spot involves not only the appropriate level of murre aggression (some murres are so aggressive that they throw their mates off the ledge) but, even more fundamentally, the ability to find food efficiently.

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词源

Unknown, possibly imitative of the birds' call.

来源:wiktionary