| 释义 |
peahen|ˈpiːhɛn|
Forms: α. 5–6 pehen, -henne, (6 peyhen), 7 pea-henne, 7– pea-hen. β. 4–5 pohenne, -hen, poohenne.
[f. ME. pê-, OE. péa + henne hen. Collateral form po-hen(ne, f. po, poo:—OE. páwa + henne.]
A female peafowl, the female of the peacock.
αc1400[see 1377 in β]. c1440Promp. Parv. 390/1 Pehenne, pavona. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §146 All clouen foted foules wyll syt but thre wekes, except a peyhen. 1570Levins Manip. 61/11 A Pehen, paua. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. vii. 121 The daily Incubation of Ducks, Peahens, and many other. 1845Disraeli Sybil iii. viii, His daughters who tossed their heads like pea-hens—Lady Joan and Lady Maud. 1874Chambers's Encycl. VII. 341/1 The Peahen is much smaller than the male bird, has no train, and is of dull plumage, mostly brownish.
β1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xii. 240 Þe pekok & þe pohenne proude [v.rr. pehen, pohen]. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xii. xxxii. (Bodl. MS.), Þe poohenne sitteth abrode xxx. daies and a litel what more. |