释义 |
ˈsparrow-like, a. [f. sparrow.] Resembling a sparrow or that of a sparrow.
1611Cotgr., Passerin, sparrow-like; of..a Sparrow. 1829Griffith tr. Cuvier VI. 82 Sparrow-like Owl, Strix passerinoides. 1851G. H. Kingsley Sp. & Trav. (1900) v. 116 Small clouds of sparrow-like snow-birds. 1896Lloyd's Nat. Hist. 87 The second type of egg is Sparrow-like. |