英语词汇“northern mockingbird”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Any of various long-tailed songbirds with greyish plumage belonging to the genus Mimus or related genera of the New World family Mimidae, found mainly in tropical America; spec. (also northern mockingbird) Mimus polyglottos, of Mexico and the southern and eastern United States, noted for its habit of mimicking the calls of other birds.

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1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 631 There are also divers kinds of small Birds, whereof the Mocking-bird, the Red-bird, and Humming-bird, are the most remarkable.

1694 Philos. Trans. 1693 (Royal Soc.) 17 995 The Red Mocking is of a duskish red, or rather brown; it sings very well, but has not so soft a Note as the gray Mocking Bird.

1694 Philos. Trans. 1693 (Royal Soc.) 17 993 Their Mocking Birds may be compared to our Singing Thrushes.

1741 E. Lucas Jrnl. & Lett. (1850) 11 I promised to tell you when the mocking bird began to sing.

1787 T. Jefferson Let. 21 May in Papers (1955) XI. 370 Endeavor, my dear, to make yourself acquainted with the music of this bird, that when you return to your own country you may be able to estimate it's merit in comparison with that of the mocking bird.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 336 The..Mocking Bird..seems to have a singular pleasure in archly leading other birds astray.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. iii. 62 A mocking-bird, Orpheus modulator, called by the inhabitants Calandria, is remarkable, from possessing a song far superior to that of any other bird in the country.

1855 W. S. Dallas in Syst. Nat. Hist. II. 296 The hunters in the Southern States know that the moon is rising when they hear the Mocking Bird begin to sing.

1903 H. Keller Story of my Life ii. 116 The mocking bird does not live in the cold north.

1969 E. Welty Optimist's Daughter (1973) III. i. 108 On top of the tree, the mockingbird threw out his chest and let fall a cascade of song.

1989 Times 3 Jan. 10/1 This was followed by debuts of a northern mockingbird from the United States in Essex.

单词	northern mockingbird
释义	> as lemmas northern mockingbird a. Any of various long-tailed songbirds with greyish plumage belonging to the genus Mimus or related genera of the New World family Mimidae, found mainly in tropical America; spec. (also northern mockingbird) Mimus polyglottos, of Mexico and the southern and eastern United States, noted for its habit of mimicking the calls of other birds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Mimidae > genus Mimus mockingbird1676 Mimus1706 mocker1774 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Mimidae > genus Mimus > mimus polyglottus (mocking-bird) mock-bird1649 mockingbird1676 mocker1774 1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 631 There are also divers kinds of small Birds, whereof the Mocking-bird, the Red-bird, and Humming-bird, are the most remarkable. 1694 Philos. Trans. 1693 (Royal Soc.) 17 995 The Red Mocking is of a duskish red, or rather brown; it sings very well, but has not so soft a Note as the gray Mocking Bird. 1694 Philos. Trans. 1693 (Royal Soc.) 17 993 Their Mocking Birds may be compared to our Singing Thrushes. 1741 E. Lucas Jrnl. & Lett. (1850) 11 I promised to tell you when the mocking bird began to sing. 1787 T. Jefferson Let. 21 May in Papers (1955) XI. 370 Endeavor, my dear, to make yourself acquainted with the music of this bird, that when you return to your own country you may be able to estimate it's merit in comparison with that of the mocking bird. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 336 The..Mocking Bird..seems to have a singular pleasure in archly leading other birds astray. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. iii. 62 A mocking-bird, Orpheus modulator, called by the inhabitants Calandria, is remarkable, from possessing a song far superior to that of any other bird in the country. 1855 W. S. Dallas in Syst. Nat. Hist. II. 296 The hunters in the Southern States know that the moon is rising when they hear the Mocking Bird begin to sing. 1903 H. Keller Story of my Life ii. 116 The mocking bird does not live in the cold north. 1969 E. Welty Optimist's Daughter (1973) III. i. 108 On top of the tree, the mockingbird threw out his chest and let fall a cascade of song. 1989 Times 3 Jan. 10/1 This was followed by debuts of a northern mockingbird from the United States in Essex. extracted from mockingbirdn. < as lemmas
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