| 单词 | chipping sparrow | 
| 释义 | chipping sparrown.  A small New World sparrow,  Spizella passerina (family  Emberizidae), widespread in North and Central America, having grey and brown plumage with a reddish crown and a dark streak across the eye, and a distinctive call comprising a short ‘chip’ sound repeated at varying speeds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > 			[noun]		 > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Spizella > spizella passerina (chipping sparrow) chipping bird1791 chipping sparrow1810 chip-bird1824 chip sparrow1843 chippy1856 1810    A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. II. 127 		(heading)	  				Chipping Sparrow. Fringilla socialis. 1867    Amer. Naturalist 1 402  				Simultaneously with the Bluebird the Chipping Sparrow awakes, and is soon heard chanting his simple cricket-like song from the garden and lawn. 1904    M. E. Wallace Wood-carver iii. 144  				I bethought me of the little chipping-sparrow's nest in a spruce tree. 1961    O. L. Austin Birds of World 298/2  				The friendly song and chipping sparrows nest in shrubbery close to houses. 2014    C. Rees  & D. Thomas Birds of Feather 162  				A chipping sparrow takes advantage as a gray squirrel ruffles the peonies and Echinacea, and spills seed fallen from the feeder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < | 
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