| 单词 | great reed warbler |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreat reed warbler 2. Any of several other Old World warblers of the genus Acrocephalus which resemble A. scirpaceus in plumage and habitat; esp. (in full great reed warbler) A. arundinaceus of Eurasia, and (Australian) (more fully clamorous reed warbler) A. stentoreus of Asia and Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Acrocephalus > species arundinaceus (great reed-warbler) reed-thrush1783 great reed warbler1808 1808 J. W. Lewin Birds New Holland 22 (caption) Reed Warbler... They harbour among the reeds, where they also breed and sing both night and day. 1871–4 Newton Yarrell's Hist. Brit. Birds I. 365 There seems no reason to doubt their having been specimens of the Great Reed-Warbler or Reed-Thrush, to use its oldest English name. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 317/1 Of very similar habits is the reed-thrush, or great reed warbler, A. arundinaceus, a loud-voiced species, abundant on the Continent but rarely straying to England. 1953 A. Russell Murray Walkabout 135 Hidden among a little bed of green rushes, was a reed-warbler singing its wild melodious song. 1998 Guardian 19 Jan. i. 4/7 Deep in the reedbed we discovered a local speciality, the clamorous reed warbler—just like our own reed warbler—but about twice as big! 2007 Daily Tel. 8 Mar. 23/1 The large-billed reed-warbler, not seen since 1867, recently reappeared at a sewage works in Thailand. < as lemmas |
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