whistler

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n. 吹口哨的人, 发啸声的东西 [机] 通气孔

发音

AU /ˈʍɪslə(ɹ)/

词形变化

whistlers 复数 whistlers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.

  2. 2.

    Any of several passerine birds of the genera Pachycephala and Coracornis, of Australasia and the western Pacific.

  3. 3.

    Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species).

  4. 4.

    A goldeneye (any of certain ducks of genus Bucephala).

  5. 5.

    A whistling marmot (Marmota caligata).

  6. 6.

    A mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).

  7. 7.

    An audio-frequency electromagnetic wave produced by atmospheric disturbances such as lightning.

  8. 8.

    A broken-winded horse.

  9. 9.

    The keeper of a whistling shop, or shebeen.

    废旧 俚语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

goldeneye hoary marmot thickhead whistling marmot

上位词 7

duck flycatcher marmot Old World flycatcher signaler signaller true flycatcher

下位词 1

Barrow's goldeneye

相关短语

golden whistler mangrove golden whistler Biak whistler

词源

From Middle English whisteler, whistlar, whystelare, from Old English hwistlere (“a player on a flute; a piper”), equivalent to whistle + -er.

来源：wiktionary