英语词汇“chuck-will's-widow”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	chuck-will's-widow
释义	chuck-will's-widow [Imitative of the bird's cry.] Popular name in U.S. of a species of Goat-sucker (Caprimulgus carolinensis). 1791W. Bartram Carolina 154 Caprimulgus rufus called chuck-will's-widow, from a fancied resemblance of his note to these words.1823E. James Acct. Expedition Rocky Mts. I. 49 The yellow breasted chat, chuck-wills-widow,..and numerous other birds occurred.1828Audubon Ornith. I. 273 (Bartl.) About the middle of March, the forests of Louisiana are heard to echo with the well-known notes of this interesting bird. No sooner has the sun disappeared..than the sound ‘Chuck-will's widow’, repeated with great clearness and power six or seven times in as many seconds, strikes the ear.1945J. J. Mathews Talking to Moon 52 The first notes of the chuck-will's-widow come plaintively from the east ridge as the moon rises.
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