tern

n. 三个一组, 燕鸥

发音

UK /tɜːn/
其它
US /tɝn/

词形变化

terns 复数

别名

terne

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sterninae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.

    海鸥

  2. 1.

    A thing with three components; a set of three things.

    过时 废旧
  3. 2.

    A thing with three components; a set of three things.

    A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw.

    过时 废旧 游戏
adj.
  1. 1.

    Consisting of three components; ternate, threefold, triple.

    罕用 生物 植物学

    tern flowers tern leaves

    a tern schooner, one with three masts

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

larid

下位词 1

sea swallow

相关短语

arctic tern black tern Sandwich tern rosy tern roseate tern Caspian tern royal tern common tern sandwich tern sooty tern 乌燕鸥 lesser crested tern little tern bridled tern 褐翅燕鸥 gull-billed tern white-winged tern 白翅浮鸥

词源

Via an East Anglian dialect, from some Scandinavian (North Germanic) language, related to Danish terne, Norwegian terne, and Swedish tärna, all from Old Norse þerna (“tern; maidservant”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *þewernā (“handmaid, young girl”). First attested in the 1670s.

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