sparrow

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n. 麻雀

发音

UK /ˈspæɹ.əʊ/
US /ˈspæɹ.oʊ/
US /ˈspɛɹ.oʊ/

词形变化

sparrows 复数 sparrows

别名

sparrer

教材释义与例句

名词

麻雀；矮小的人

a small brown bird, very common in many parts of the world

The myrtle, dove, sparrow, and swan are sacred to her.

桃金娘，鸽子，麻雀和天鹅是她的圣物。

Appearing in great danger, the tiny sparrow tumbled on to the lawn, but softy Flint appeared to have taken pity on him.

跌落在草地上的小麻雀看起来处于非常危险的境地，但是温柔的"弗林特"似乎非常同情他。

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.

  2. 2.

    A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.

    麻雀

  3. 3.

    A member of the family Passerellidae (or Emberizidae, under classification systems that subsume the New World sparrows under Emberizidae), comprising small New World songbirds.

  4. 4.

    Generically, any small, nondescript bird.

  5. 5.

    A quick-witted, lively person.

    英国

    cockney sparrow

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

dunnock hedge sparrow true sparrow

上位词 2

accentor passerine

下位词 3

English sparrow house sparrow tree sparrow

相关短语

sparrow fart sparrow hawk n. 食雀鹰; 雀隼 sparrow hawks sparrow dominoes sparrow grass Sparrow criterion Sparrow criterions hedge sparrow n. 篱雀 sage sparrow Java sparrow na. 文鸟 [网络] 禾雀；爪哇禾雀；爪哇雀 chipping sparrow 褐斑翅雀鹀 song sparrow 北美歌雀 vesper sparrow [鸟类]黄昏雀鹀 (Pooecetes gramineus) [亦作 grass finch]

词源

From Middle English sparwe, sparowe, from Old English spearwa, from Proto-West Germanic *sparwō, from Proto-Germanic *sparwô, from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow”). Cognate with Dutch spreeuw (“starling”), Alemannic German Spar (“sparrow”), German Sperling (“sparrow”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål spurv (“sparrow”), Norwegian Nynorsk sporv (“sparrow”), Swedish sparv (“sparrow”), Breton frao (“crow”), Tocharian A ṣpārāñ, Ancient Greek ψάρ (psár, “starling”).

来源：wiktionary