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单词 golden-winged
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golden-wingedadj.

Brit. /ˌɡəʊld(ə)nˈwɪŋd/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊld(ə)nˌwɪŋd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: golden adj., winged adj.1
Etymology: < golden adj. + winged adj.1
1. That has golden wings. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts.
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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.
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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).
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