单词 | guillemot |
释义 | guillemotn. The name of several species of sea birds of the genus Alca or Uria; esp. Uria or Alca troile, the Common or Foolish Guillemot, and Uria grylle, the Black Guillemot. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of eligug1676 guillemot1678 parakeet auk1803 auklet1829 murrelet1872 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > member of genus Uria (guillemot) coot1382 murre1578 scout1596 guillem1603 willock1606 kiddaw1674 sea-hen1676 guillemot1678 loom1694 lavy1698 foolish guillemot1776 willy1780 turr1794 tinkershere1799 strany1804 spratter1863 bacalao-bird1865 tinker1880 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 324 The Bird called..by those of Northumberland and Durham a Guillemot or Sea hen. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 138 The black Guillemot..[is] found on the Bass-isle in Scotland. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 80 The frequent chatter of the guillemot. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 326 The Guillemots, like the Divers, inhabit the northern seas, are little fitted for moving on land, and seldom venture on shore except in breeding time. 1850 C. Kingsley N. Devon: Pt. III in Misc. (1860) II. 305 Some unseen guillemot would give a startled squeak. 1859 J. C. Atkinson Walks & Talks Two Schoolboys (1892) 328 Guillemots, or willocks, as they are locally [Yorkshire] called. 1883 W. Black in Harper's Mag. Dec. 70/1 The soft ‘Kurroo! kurroo!’ of the..guillemots. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 399 The common or Foolish..Guillemot of both sides of the Atlantic is replaced further northward by..the Alca arra or Alca bruennichi of ornithologists. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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。