| 单词 | piping bullfinch |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspiping bullfinch piping bullfinch n. a bullfinch ( Pyrrhula pyrrhula), esp. one trained to sing or whistle a tune. ΚΠ 1774 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 267 Well known by the common instances of piping Bullfinches. 1862 W. M. Thackeray Let. 18 Mar. (1946) IV. 260 Oh, those hours of madness spent in searching for Louisa's lost lines to her dead Piping Bullfinch! 1934 Times 2 Feb. 9/5 A piping bullfinch with a repertoire of two complete tunes. < as lemmas |
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