| 单词 | raven kind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasraven kind raven kind n. [compare Old English hræfn-cynn ( < raven n.1 + kin n.1)] the type or class to which ravens belong; (also) ravens collectively. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 141v Oþir foules þere ben þat eten now fleische and now fruyt indifferentliche..as alle foules of raueyne kynde, as chowghes, crowes, rookes, and rauenes and pyes. 1750 Bible (Challoner) Lev. xi. 15 Of birds these are they which you must not eat... The eagle, and the griffon... And all that is of the raven kind [1609 of the rauens kinde]. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Corvus indicus, in zoology, the name of a bird of the raven kind. 1848 W. D. Cooley tr. A. Erman Trav. Siberia (1850) II. iii. 64 The magpie and other birds of the raven kind, are invested by the Samoyedes and Kamchadales with a magical character. 1960 S. Auxier in M. Cane et al. Golden Year 16 She might have borne them had there been, Among her spreading tree of mind, Branches not burdened by the clutch Of their raven-kind. 1990 Sci. Amer. Feb. 92/2 Even if it is good for ravenkind to share chance finds, how could such a pattern evolve through the selection of individuals? < as lemmas |
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