| 释义 |
ˈnutjobber Now dial.
[f. nut n.1 + jobber n.1]
= nuthatch.
1544Turner Avium Præcip. I 3, Sitta, Anglicè a nut iobber. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Grimpereau, a little bird making warre against the Egle, as Robin red brest, some do call that birde a nut iobber. 1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. (1746) 185 The little Pyet, which we call a Nutjobber. 1678[see nuthatch]. 1713Phil. Trans. XXVIII. 170 The Nut-hatch, or Nut-jobber, is not frequently to be met with in the South. 1840Penny Cycl. XVI. 372/1 Sitta Europæa, the Common Nuthatch, or Nutjobber. 1885Swainson Prov. Names Birds 35 Nut⁓hatch,..Nutjobber (Berks). |