释义 |
▪ I. crowling nonce-wd.|ˈkrəʊlɪŋ| [f. crow n. + -ling.] A little or young crow.
1609Bp. W. Barlow Answ. Nameless Cath. 327 A more vaine Crowling..then that Iack-Daw, which æsop describes. 1887Blackw. Mag. Nov. 705 He is..ready in a grandmotherly way to think all his crowlings white. ▪ II. crowling vbl. n. see crowl v. |