murren.

Brit.

/məː/, U.S.

/mər/

Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– murre, 1700s merre, 1700s–1800s mur, 1700s–1800s murr, 1800s muir.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Origin uncertain: probably imitative of the adult guillemot's call, and transferred to the other species. Compare marrot n. Compare also Welsh mora (1695), morra (1889, Pembrokeshire), Cornish murr (20th cent.).J. Fleming ( Hist. Brit. Animals (1828) 134) and later writers give a form murse, perhaps due to a misprint or misreading, but compare the Welsh plural form mwrs (1898 or earlier). The regional (Donegal) term murren razor-bill may be an independent parallel formation (a derivation from an unattested Irish *muir-éan, lit. ‘sea-bird’, has also been suggested). In Britain, frequently associated spec. with Cornwall.

Originally (now British regional): any of various guillemots and other auks, esp. the razorbill, Alca torda. Later chiefly spec. (North American): a guillemot of the genus Uria, having a white breast.

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1578 A. Parkhurst in E. G. R. Taylor Orig. Writings & Corr. Two R. Hakluyts (1935) I. 131 There are Sea Guls, Murres, Duckes, wild geese, and many other kind of birdes store.

1602 G. Archer in S. Purchas Pilgrimes iv. 1647 Pettrels, Cootes, Hagbuts, Pengwins, Murres, Gannets, Cormorants, Guls, [etc.].

1662 J. Ray Three Itin. iii. 187 We saw..some of the young murres, a bird, black on the head and back, white under the breast and belly, and hath a sharp and black bill.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. iv. iii. 72 The Auk, Rasor-Bill, or Murre.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Murrbird, a kind of Bird.

1777 G. Cartwright Jrnl. (1792) II. 264 At noon, Jack returned, and brought only a grouse and a mur.

1778 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer (ed. 2) at Pembrokeshire The razor-bill is the merre of Cornwall.

1794 H. Wansey Jrnl. 20 Apr. in Jrnl. Excursion to U.S. (1796) 15 A vast number of sea birds round us, such as Ice Birds, Murrs, Noddys, or Sea Swallows, Tropic Birds, and Ticklays.

1845 J. G. Whittier Fishermen iii And the noisy murr are flying, Like black scuds, overhead.

1876 G. B. Goode Animal Resources U.S. 11 Loons, grebes, auks, puffins, guillemot, murres.

1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 25 Murre. Uria troille troille... Other names.—Foolish Guillemot; Guillem, or Gwilym.

1950 A. W. Boyd Coward's Birds Brit. Isles (rev. ed.) 2nd Ser. 323 The note of the bird [sc. guillemot] is a chattering growl..; from it the name ‘Murre’ is derived, though this conveys little to most ears.

1969 H. Horwood Newfoundland xviii. 136 Besides the gannets, there are large colonies of other birds, notably murres.

1995 Audubon Nov. 63/1 Kress hopes to be able to restore a breeding colony..which murres had abandoned in 1986 due to an oil spill.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	murre
释义	murren. Brit. /məː/, U.S. /mər/ Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– murre, 1700s merre, 1700s–1800s mur, 1700s–1800s murr, 1800s muir. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Origin uncertain: probably imitative of the adult guillemot's call, and transferred to the other species. Compare marrot n. Compare also Welsh mora (1695), morra (1889, Pembrokeshire), Cornish murr (20th cent.).J. Fleming ( Hist. Brit. Animals (1828) 134) and later writers give a form murse, perhaps due to a misprint or misreading, but compare the Welsh plural form mwrs (1898 or earlier). The regional (Donegal) term murren razor-bill may be an independent parallel formation (a derivation from an unattested Irish muir-éan, lit. ‘sea-bird’, has also been suggested). In Britain, frequently associated spec. with Cornwall. Originally (now British regional): any of various guillemots and other auks, esp.* the razorbill, Alca torda. Later chiefly spec. (North American): a guillemot of the genus Uria, having a white breast. ΘΚΠ 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 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > genus Alca > alca torda (razor-bill) murre1578 scout1596 willock1606 falk1698 razorbilla1705 turr1794 sea-crow1813 razorbill auk1829 tinker1862 razorbill puffin1865 1578 A. Parkhurst in E. G. R. Taylor Orig. Writings & Corr. Two R. Hakluyts (1935) I. 131 There are Sea Guls, Murres, Duckes, wild geese, and many other kind of birdes store. 1602 G. Archer in S. Purchas Pilgrimes iv. 1647 Pettrels, Cootes, Hagbuts, Pengwins, Murres, Gannets, Cormorants, Guls, [etc.]. 1662 J. Ray Three Itin. iii. 187 We saw..some of the young murres, a bird, black on the head and back, white under the breast and belly, and hath a sharp and black bill. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. iv. iii. 72 The Auk, Rasor-Bill, or Murre. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Murrbird, a kind of Bird. 1777 G. Cartwright Jrnl. (1792) II. 264 At noon, Jack returned, and brought only a grouse and a mur. 1778 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer (ed. 2) at Pembrokeshire The razor-bill is the merre of Cornwall. 1794 H. Wansey Jrnl. 20 Apr. in Jrnl. Excursion to U.S. (1796) 15 A vast number of sea birds round us, such as Ice Birds, Murrs, Noddys, or Sea Swallows, Tropic Birds, and Ticklays. 1845 J. G. Whittier Fishermen iii And the noisy murr are flying, Like black scuds, overhead. 1876 G. B. Goode Animal Resources U.S. 11 Loons, grebes, auks, puffins, guillemot, murres. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 25 Murre. Uria troille troille... Other names.—Foolish Guillemot; Guillem, or Gwilym. 1950 A. W. Boyd Coward's Birds Brit. Isles (rev. ed.) 2nd Ser. 323 The note of the bird [sc. guillemot] is a chattering growl..; from it the name ‘Murre’ is derived, though this conveys little to most ears. 1969 H. Horwood Newfoundland xviii. 136 Besides the gannets, there are large colonies of other birds, notably murres. 1995 Audubon Nov. 63/1 Kress hopes to be able to restore a breeding colony..which murres had abandoned in 1986 due to an oil spill. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578
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