| 释义 |
iiwi|iːˈiːwɪ|
[Hawaiian.]
A Hawaiian bird, the honeycreeper Vestiaria coccinea, whose red feathers were formerly used to make the cloaks of native chiefs.
1779J. King Jrnl. Mar. in Cook Voy. Pacific Ocean (1784) III. vi. 119 The birds of these islands are as beautiful as any we have seen... Another is of an exceeding bright scarlet colour;..its native name is eeeeve. 1890Wilson & Evans Aves Hawaiienses i. 1 Vestiaria Coccinea. Olokele or Iiwi. Ibid. 3 The call-note of the ‘Iiwi’ is peculiar. 1899A. H. Evans in Cambr. Nat. Hist. IX. vii. 564 The splendid feather-cloaks of the Hawaiian kings..were of old chiefly composed of the plumage of the ‘Mamo’ (Drepanis pacifica) and the ‘Iiwi’ (Vestiaria coccinea). 1915W. A. Bryan Nat. Hist. Hawaii xxxi. 430 The beautiful red iiwi..is infested with three genera [of bird-lice]. 1944G. C. Munro Birds Hawaii 93 With bright scarlet body, black wings and tail, and rose colored, inch long, curved bill, the iiwi is one of the most beautiful of the Hawaiian native birds. 1970S. Carlquist Hawaii xi. 198 Iiwis are still relatively common in a number of forest areas of the Islands. |