plover

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n. 珩；千鸟；珩科鸟（如凤头麦鸡）

发音

US /ˈplʌvɚ/
其它
US /ˈploʊvɚ/
UK /ˈplʌvə/

词形变化

plovers 复数 plovers plovered plovering plovers 三单 plovering 现在分词 plovered 过去式 plovered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various wading birds of the subfamily Charadriinae.

    千鸟

    鸻

  2. 2.

    A masked lapwing (Vanellus miles).

    澳大利亚
v.
  1. 1.

    To dote over, or, crowd or nestle with

  2. 2.

    To hunt for plover.

  3. 3.

    To wade along the shore, examining the sand like a plover does.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

shorebird

下位词 10

dotterel golden plover green plover kildeer killdeer lapwing peewit pewit piping plover turnstone

相关短语

American golden plover black-bellied plover 灰斑鸻 golden plover 【鸟类】欧金(斑)鸻(Pluvialis apricaria) green plover [网络] 绿色的p鸟 Norfolk plover goggle-eyed plover ringed plover white-crowned plover crab plover shore plover grey plover Egyptian plover sand plover sociable plover spur-winged plover

词源

Inherited from Middle English plover, from Anglo-Norman plover, plovier, from Medieval Latin plovarius, pluviārius, of disputed origin; perhaps from Latin pluvia (“rain”).

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