redstart

n. 红尾鸲

发音

US /ˈɹɛdstɑɹt/

词形变化

redstarts 复数 redstarts

别名

red-start

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.

  2. 2.

    A species of warbler native to the Americas, Setophaga ruticilla, only distantly related to Phoenicurus.

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词源

Inherited from Middle English *redstert; equivalent to red + start (“tail”). Compare Dutch roodstaart, Danish rødstjert.

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