yellowhammer

n. [鸟]黄鹉,<美>金翼啄木鸟

发音

UK /ˈjɛl.əʊˌhæm.ə(ɹ)/
其它
US /ˈjɛl.oʊˌhæm.ɚ/

词形变化

yellowhammers 复数 yellowhammers

别名

yellowammer yellow-ammer yellow-hammer

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.

  2. 2.

    The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus, a woodpecker with yellow underwings and undertail and often other yellowish underparts; one of its ways of feeding is to hammer on trees to find insects (adults and larvae) to eat.

    美国
  3. 3.

    A native or resident of the American state of Alabama.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

yellow bunting yellow-shafted flicker

上位词 2

flicker bunting

相关短语

Yellowhammer State

词源

An alteration (influenced by hammer) of the earlier yelambre, yelamber, from Middle English *yelwambre, from yelwe (“yellow”) + *ambre (“yellowhammer”), from Old English amore, related to Old High German amaro (“yellowhammer”) (see modern German Ammer).

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