| 单词 | fairy tern |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfairy tern fairy tern n. (a) the white tern, Gygis alba, of tropical oceans worldwide, which has entirely white plumage and translucent wings and tail; (b) a small black-crowned tern, Sterna nereis, of the south-western Pacific. [Compare German Feenschwalbe (1867 denoting the white tern in A. E. Brehm Illustrirtes Thierleben IV. 863; subsequently also Feenseeschwalbe (1879 or earlier)).] ΚΠ 1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds IV. Index 296 The Fairy Terns (Gygis)..; the White or Silky Tern (G. candida). 1889 A. J. North Descriptive Catal. Nests & Eggs 358 Sternula nereis, Gould. Fairy Tern. 1926 C. W. Beebe Arcturus Adventure ix. 228 Scores of sea-birds—frigate birds, boobies, and pure white fairy terns. 1966 R. A. Falla et al. Field Guide Birds N.Z. 163 Fairy Terns reappear at breeding grounds in September. 2007 J. L. Gould & C. G. Gould Animal Architects vi. 158 The fairy tern places a single egg on a tiny depression in a thin branch overhead. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。