starling

FREQ #17631

n. 欧椋鸟, 桥墩尖端

发音

UK /ˈstɑːlɪŋ/
其它
US /ˈstɑɹlɪŋ/

词形变化

starlings 复数

别名

sterling

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.

  2. 2.

    A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.

    The common starling, Sturnus vulgaris, which has dark, iridescent plumage.

  3. 3.

    A fish, rock trout (Hexagrammos spp.), of the North Pacific, especially, Hexagrammos decagrammus, found in US waters.

  4. 1.

    An enclosure like a coffer-dam, formed of piles driven closely together before any structure or work, as a protection against the wash of waves, commonly used to protect the piers of a bridge.

    商务 建筑 工程
  5. 2.

    One of the piles used in forming such a breakwater.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

oscine

下位词 7

mina common starling minah myna mynah rose-colored pastor rose-colored starling

相关短语

rosy starling 粉红椋鸟 rose-coloured starling rose-colored starling [网络] 红椋鸟 common starling [网络] 紫翅椋鸟；欧洲椋鸟；欧州椋鸟 European starling spotless starling New Zealand starling pied starling violet-backed starling amethyst starling plum-coloured starling plum-colored starling plumcoloured starling chestnut-tailed starling

词源

From Middle English starling, sterling, sterlinge, from Old English stærling, from stær (“starling”) + -ling (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch sterlinck (“starling”).

来源：wiktionary