| 单词 | field sparrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield sparrow field sparrow n. any of several small songbirds; spec.: (a) a small New World sparrow, Spizella pusilla (family Emberizidae), of eastern North America; (b) Scottish and Irish English (northern) the dunnock, Prunella modularis.In quot. 1753 not clearly identified (perhaps the Spanish sparrow, Passer hispaniolensis). ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Passer The passer sylvestris, or field sparrow of Aldrovand..is of a dusky rust-coloured brown and has a broad streak running from the angle of its beak to its tail. 1792 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina (new ed.) ii. x. 289 P[asser] agrestis; the little field sparrow. 1810 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. II. 121 Field Sparrow, Fringilla Pusilla. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 28 Hedge sparrow,..Field sparrow, or Fieldie (Roxburgh). 1904 W. G. Stevenson Glen Sloken viii. 64 ‘There's a fieldy wi' three eggs,’ says the elder brother, and the younger never forgets the beautiful turquoise-blue of the field sparrow's egg. 1988 W. Berry Remembering v. 88 The field sparrow's song spiraling suddenly up into the light on the ridgetop. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 124/1 Field sparrow, a bird: the dunnock. < as lemmas |
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