| 释义 |
wishtonwish|ˈwɪʃtənwɪʃ|
Also wiston-.
[Imitative, from the cry of the animal.]
Native name for the prairie-dog of N. America.
Used by Fenimore Cooper for whip-poor-will.
1806Pike Sources Mississ. (1811) 207 Some prairie squirrels, or wish-ton-wishes. 1826J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans xxii, ‘'Tis a pleasing bird,..and has a soft and melancholy note.’.. ‘He speaks of the wish-ton-wish’, said the scout. 1829J. Richardson Fauna Bor.-Amer. I. 154 The Wistonwish. |