单词 | jabbering crow |
释义 | > as lemmasjabbering crow ˈjabbering n. and adj. jabbering crow, a small species of crow common in Jamaica ( Corvus Jamaicensis). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] > indulgence in chatteringa1250 janglingc1330 clatteringc1400 trattlinga1425 jabbering1499 chatting1509 tittle-tattlinga1586 bletheringa1834 nattering1859 yattering1859 blithering1925 yackety-yacking1953 blatting1955 yacking1959 the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > monkey > sounds made by jabbering1875 1499 Promptorium Parvulorum (Pynson) sig. qvi/1 Taterynge or iaberinge [Harl. MS. iauerynge, Winch. MS. iaperynge], garritus. 1543 J. Bale Yet Course at Romyshe Foxe sig. Fiij v Latyne Iabberynge and wawlynge, accordynge to the offyce of saynt Antonynes personage. 1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger 29 His Singing-Boys with their alternate Jabberings and Mouthings. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 217 'Twas chatt'ring, grinning, mouthing, jabb'ring all. a1795 W. Jones Hymn to Lacshmí in Wks. (1799) VI. 364 Jabb'ring spectres o'er her traces glide. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. xiv. 292 To study the jabberings of monkeys. < as lemmas |
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