| 释义 |
cheewink, chewink U.S.|tʃiːˈwɪŋk|
Also 8 cheeweeh.
[From its note; whence also towhee.]
A North American bird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), also called Ground-robin.
1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 210 Towhe Bird, Pewee, Cheeweeh. 1848–60in Bartlett. 18..Lowell Beaver Brook, From 'neath the arching barberry-stems My footstep scares the shy chewink. 1884Burroughs Birds & Flowers 134 The cheewink is a shy bird also. |