puffin

FREQ #38297

n. 角嘴海雀

发音

其它 /ˈpʌfɪn/

词形变化

puffins 复数 puffins

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-coloured beak.

    海鹦

  3. 3.

    Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses.

    生物 动物学
  4. 4.

    A puffball.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

seabird seafowl

下位词 3

Atlantic puffin horned puffin tufted puffin

相关短语

puffin crossing puffin crossings Atlantic puffin 大西洋角嘴海雀 horned puffin 角海鹦 tufted puffin 簇羽善知鸟

词源

From Middle English poffin, poffoun, puffon, equivalent to puff + -ing, or perhaps ultimately from Middle Cornish (compare Breton poc'han (“puffin”)).

来源：wiktionary