roadrunner

n. [鸟](中美、北美产)走鹃

发音

UK /ˈɹəʊdˌɹʌnə/
其它
US /ˈɹoʊdˌɹʌnɚ/

词形变化

roadrunners 复数 roadrunners

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Either of two species of fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family native to North and Central America, the lesser roadrunner (Geococcyx velox) and, especially, the greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus).

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

chaparral cock marathoner

上位词 2

runner cuckoo

相关短语

lesser roadrunner greater roadrunner

词源

From road + runner, probably a calque of Spanish correcaminos (“roadrunner”), from correr (“to run”) + caminos (“roads”).

来源：wiktionary