单词 | golden-winged |
释义 | golden-wingedadj. 1. That has golden wings. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts. ΚΠ 1595 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Babilon 50 And golden-winged Dreame rising in th'Easterne shore Foorth at his Christ all gate, a little while before The Day-gate opened, into a Valley faire Me led. 1673 J. Milton On Death Fair Infant ix, in Poems (new ed.) 20 Or wert thou of the golden-winged hoast. 1779 H. H. Brackenridge Eulogium Brave Men 24 I will charge it to the golden-winged and silver-tongued bards, that they recollect and set in order every circumstance. 1838 Liberator (Boston) 21 Sept. 152/1 What golden-winged hours were wont to fly O'er our heads. 1905 G. C. Lodge Great Adventure 19 The golden-winged, star-silvered wind of death. 2015 Times of Israel (Nexis) 28 Sept. Hundreds of pre-Islamic Revolution Iranian flags—decorated in the center with a golden winged lion and sun. 2. In the names of birds: having yellow markings on the wings, esp. the primary flight feathers. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having wings > of particular colour gold-winged1605 red-winged1633 golden-winged1729 blue-winged1733 red-shouldered1785 black-winged1829 1729 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina I. i. Plate 18 Golden-Wing'd Woodpecker. 1898 Nature 24 Nov. 82/1 Among noteworthy acquisitions..is a specimen of the very rare Golden-winged Parakeet..from Port Darwin. 1921 F. S. Mathews Field Bk. Wild Birds & their Music (rev. ed.) 166 The song of the Golden-winged Warbler is something of a puzzle. 1975 Ecology 56 335/1 One sunbird.., the Golden-winged Sunbird, is closely associated with flowering Leonotis. 2010 R. Porter & S. Aspinall Birds of Middle East (ed. 2) 348 Socotra Golden-winged Grosbeak... Very similar to Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak but found only on Socotra. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1595 |
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