单词 | red-necked |
释义 | red-neckedadj. 1. In the names of birds and other animals: having a red or chestnut neck, nape, throat, or collar (see also Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > red- or rust-coloured > red-necked red-necked1766 the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of neck > having particular colour or marking on neck white-throated1678 red-throated1743 ring-necked1750 blue-throated1764 red-necked1766 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. 140 (heading) The Red Necked Diver. 1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. ii. 558 (heading) Red-necked W[oodpecker]. 1801 E. Donovan Nat. Hist. Brit. Insects X. 68 (heading) Phalæna rubricollis. Red-necked Moth. 1933 C. D. Priest Birds of S. Rhodesia I. 401 This red-necked species of Francolin [sc. Pternistis swainsoni] ranges through the western and northern Transvaal, through Rhodesia [etc.]. 1968 M. Craven I heard Owl call my Name xx. 128 On the river pairs of cocky, small, red-necked sawbills would rest. 1990 P. G. H. Evans Birds of Eastern Caribbean 68 Scaly-naped or Red-necked Pigeon Columba squamosa... Local names: Ramier, Ramier Cou-rouge, [etc.]. 2. Originally U.S. Usually derogatory. Of the nature of or characteristic of a redneck; designating a redneck (redneck n. 3); poorly educated, esp. reactionary, bigoted. Also more generally: having a sunburnt or otherwise reddened neck. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > dislike of change, reaction > [adjective] retrograde?1518 hidebound1603 tradition-bound1660 tradition-loving1660 tradition-ridden1660 mumpsimus1680 stickfast1803 arriéré1814 stick-in-the-mud1832 reactive1836 reactionary1847 reactionist1848 misoneistic1891 red-necked1896 Blimpian1935 blimpish1938 redneck1938 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [adjective] churlisha1000 ruric1488 rural1513 rusticalc1525 peasant1550 peasantly1569 clownish1570 rustic1576 shepherdly1579 russet1598 clownical1614 clown-likea1640 nut-brown1648 countrified1653 high-shoon1654 Corydonical1656 high-shod1656 sylvatic1661 villatic1671 russet-coated1683 one-gallus1881 one-gallused1887 red-necked1896 rube1898 takhaar1899 backwoodsya1910 swede-bashing1936 backwoodish1946 1896 G. Ade Artie ix. 79 Every time I see him over at the city hall he's whisperin' to one o' them red-necked boys and fixin' it to give somebody the double-cross. 1960 Washington Post 30 Apr. a6 ‘Uncle Earl’ cavorted in typically ‘red-necked’ style at a fashionable luncheon. 1977 Arab Times 13 Dec. 6/4 The white, red necked, blue collared worker is more interested in better wages, lower taxes,..than justice in the Middle East. 1982 H. MacInnes Cloak of Darkness (BNC) 19 [The driver was] a red-necked man, well fed, too. 1996 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 6 July 28 Propelling herself onto the national stage from her Ipswich fish and chip shop,..[she] is the authentic, whining voice of red-necked ignorance and envy. 2003 L. Lokko Sundowners (2004) xxv. 214 Despite his designer suits,..he looked like a red-necked thug from the platteland. Compounds red-necked avocet n. either of two avocets with black and white plumage and (in the breeding season) a reddish-brown head and neck: †(a) the American avocet, Recurvirostra americana (obsolete rare); (b) the avocet of Australia, R. novaehollandiae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Recurvirostridae > member of genus Recurvirostra (avocet) scooper1668 shoeing-horn1668 crooked-bill1705 cobbler's awl1759 picarini1770 yelper1770 avocet1771 scooping avocet1776 red-necked avocet1823 bluestocking1844 shoehorn1864 1823 E. James Acct. Exped. Rocky Mts II. 303 At the place of our evening encampment, we saw the red-necked avoset (recurvirostra americana), the minute tern (sterna minuta), and several other strand birds. 1824 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds X. 40 Red-necked avoset..inhabits the shores of the south of Asia, and is to be met with in various ornithological collections. 1874 Ibis July 259 The Red-necked Avocet, which is perhaps the most beautiful of the four known species, chiefly inhabits Australia. 1984 K. Simpson & N. Day Birds Austral. 302 The Banded Stilt and Red-necked Avocet are endemic Australians. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > genus Branta > branta ruficollis (red-breasted goose) red-breasted goose1785 red-necked barnacle1831 1831 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. IV. 348 Red-necked Bernacle. B. ruficollis, Brehm. 1863 H. G. Adams Our Feathered Families III. xii. 199 The Red-Necked Bernacle Goose (Anser, or Bernicla ruficollis), sometimes called the Red-breasted Bernacle, is a smaller and handsomer bird than either of the two preceding species. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Phalaropodidae > phalaropus lobatus red-necked phalarope1806 red lobefoot1819 red-necked lobefoot1840 red-necked cootfoot1856 1856 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds V. 58 (heading) Red-necked Phalarope. Red-necked Coot-foot. Red-necked Lobe-foot. 1896 W. B. Tegetmeier Morris's Nat. Hist. Nests & Eggs Brit. Birds (new ed.) III. 65 Red-Necked Coot-Foot. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > [noun] > order Podicipediformes (grebes) > podiceps griseigena (red-necked grebe) red-necked grebe1785 red-necked dabchick1817 1817 T. Forster Synoptical Catal. Brit. Birds 28 Rednecked Grebe, Rednecked Dobchick. red-necked footman n. a small dark moth of European woodlands, Atolmis rubricollis (family Arctiidae), with an orange-tipped abdomen and red patagia behind the head. ΚΠ 1843 H. N. Humphreys & J. O. Westwood Brit. Moths I. p.viii/2 Gnophria rubricollis (the red-necked Footman). 1856 R. Shield Pract. Hints Moths & Butterflies 76 On the trunks of the trees we shall find the once-seen-never-to-be-forgotten Lithosia rubricollis (the red-necked footman). 1998 M. E. N. Majerus Melanism (2002) ii. 19 Both the European amatidid Synotomis phegea Linnaeus, and the red-necked footman, Atolmis rubricollis (Linnaeus), are predominantly black and produce repellent secretions. red-necked francolin n. any of several francolins (genus Francolinus) having a patch of bare red skin on the throat; (in later use) spec. F. afer, of Africa south of the Equator. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Francolinus francolin1594 red-necked partridge1783 partridge1785 pheasant1785 red-necked francolin1819 Natal francolin1860 red-necked pheasant1867 redwing partridge1867 redwing1878 red-necked spurfowl1952 1819 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. ii. 35 Red-necked Francolin. 1938 F. J. Jackson Birds of Kenya Colony & Ugandan Protectorate I. 261 Fischer's Red-Necked Francolin belongs to the group of game birds that is commonly, but erroneously, referred to as ‘Spur-fowl’. 1994 S. Afr. Jrnl. Wildlife Res. 23 112 Lower levels of [haematozoan] infection were recorded in the crested francolin.., the rednecked francolin.., and the Natal francolin. red-necked goatsucker n. now rare = red-necked nightjar n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Caprimulgidae > member of genus Caprimulgus > caprimulgus ruficollis (red-necked nightjar) red-necked nightjar1836 red-necked goatsucker1846 1846 Sharpe's London Mag. 10 Oct. 375/1 It was formerly supposed that only one species of this bird existed in Europe, but a distinct species is said to have been discovered in Spain, in 1817, which the people call the lamala, but Remminck [sic] has named it the Caprimulgus ruficollis, or red-necked goat-sucker. 1860 Ibis 2 374 As evening drew on, the Red-necked Goatsucker (Caprimulgus ruficollis) flitted about the glades. 1906 Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Dept. (Brit. Mus.) II. 509 2 specimens of the Red-necked Goatsucker (Caprimulgus ruficollis) from southern Spain. red-necked grebe n. a grebe breeding in both northern Eurasia and North America, Podiceps grisegena, the front and sides of the neck of which are chestnut-coloured in the breeding season. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > [noun] > order Podicipediformes (grebes) > podiceps griseigena (red-necked grebe) red-necked grebe1785 red-necked dabchick1817 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 499 Red-necked Grebe. 1844 Nat. Hist. N.Y., Zool. ii. 276 The Red-necked Grebe is a northern species which occurs rarely on the coast of this State in winter. 1979 M. Shrubb Birds Sussex (BNC) 56 Red-necked Grebes have been recorded in every month from August to May. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Apr. 36/3 Great Crested and Red-necked Grebes will nest close to coots as a cat might use a guard dog. red-necked kangaroo n. now rare = red-necked wallaby n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Macropodidae > kangaroo > kangaroos of genus Macropus > macropus ruficollis red-necked kangaroo1827 red-necked wallaby1876 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 203 K. Ruficollis (Red-necked Kanguroo). 1841 G. R. Waterhouse Nat. Hist. Mammalia I. 125 The Red-necked Kangaroo was discovered by MM. Péron and Lesueur in King's Island. 1874 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 164 246 In the Red-necked Kangaroo..the penultimate molar..is in place and use before the first two deciduous molars..are shed. 1938 H. Downey Handbk. Hematol. I. 87/2 (table) Macropus ruficollis (red-necked kangaroo). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Phalaropodidae > phalaropus lobatus red-necked phalarope1806 red lobefoot1819 red-necked lobefoot1840 red-necked cootfoot1856 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 246 The Red-necked Lobefoot. 1852 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds IV. 291 (heading) Lobipes Hyperboreus. The Red-necked Lobefoot. red-necked nightjar n. a large nightjar with a rufous collar, Caprimulgus ruficollis, breeding in Iberia and north-west Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Caprimulgidae > member of genus Caprimulgus > caprimulgus ruficollis (red-necked nightjar) red-necked nightjar1836 red-necked goatsucker1846 1836 Analyst 4 295 Mr. N. Wood tells us that the ‘Red-necked Nightjar is known in Europe only as a straggler’. 1896 W. B. Tegetmeier Morris's Nat. Hist. Nests & Eggs Brit. Birds (new ed.) I. 128 The Red-necked Night-jar has only once been recorded as occurring in Great Britain; it breeds in the South of Europe. 1991 Bird Watching June 17/2 The outstanding memory was the Red-necked Nightjar we accidently [sic] flushed in broad daylight. 2004 Guardian 19 Apr. i. 20/1 Later on, we saw Egyptian and red-necked nightjars, fulvous babblers and, rarest of all, the northern bald ibis—of which only a few hundred survive in the wild, virtually all in Morocco. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Francolinus francolin1594 red-necked partridge1783 partridge1785 pheasant1785 red-necked francolin1819 Natal francolin1860 red-necked pheasant1867 redwing partridge1867 redwing1878 red-necked spurfowl1952 1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. ii. 771 Red-necked Partridge. 1844 G. R. Gray List Specimens Birds Brit. Mus. III. 32 The Red-necked Partridge. Pternistes rubricollis, Wagl. 1899 R. B. Woodward & J. D. S. Woodward Natal Birds 163 Red-necked partridge..in the up-country districts this large Francolin..alights in the trees. red-necked phalarope n. a migratory phalarope that breeds in both northern Eurasia and North America, Phalaropus lobatus, the female of which has a bright rufous patch on the neck in the breeding season. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Phalaropodidae > phalaropus lobatus red-necked phalarope1806 red lobefoot1819 red-necked lobefoot1840 red-necked cootfoot1856 1806 J. Sowerby Brit. Misc. I. 19 Red-necked Phalarope, or Coot-footed Tringa. 1898 Geogr. Jrnl. 11 347 The tarns were alive with red-necked phalaropes, chasing one another. 1942 E. A. Armstrong Bird Display ii. 27 An unmated female red-necked phalarope makes scrapes in the herbage. 2005 San Francisco Chron. 18 May e10/2 When I tell you that I have seen a red-necked phalarope, I do so with a certain amount of pride. red-necked pheasant n. South African rare = red-necked francolin n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Francolinus francolin1594 red-necked partridge1783 partridge1785 pheasant1785 red-necked francolin1819 Natal francolin1860 red-necked pheasant1867 redwing partridge1867 redwing1878 red-necked spurfowl1952 1867 E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 268 The ‘red-necked pheasant’ is only found in wooded districts. 1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 395 Red-necked pheasant, Pternistes nudicollis, not a common species, found in Pondoland and Natal. red-necked sandpiper n. †(a) (also red-necked purre sandpiper) an immature dunlin, Calidris alpina (obsolete); (b) Australian and New Zealand = red-necked stint n. ΚΠ 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 183 Red-necked Purre Sandpiper. 1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 408 Red-necked sandpiper, the young of the Dunlin. 1904 F. W. Hutton & J. Drummond Animals N.Z. ii. 215 (heading) The Red-necked Sandpiper. Limonites ruficollis. 1923 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 54 493 The little stint and the red-necked sandpiper form such a pair. 2004 T. Wiltshire Gone to Rottnest xvii. 65 Rottnest is just one of several protected bird habitats in Western Australia that welcome around two million visitors annually. Some—like the Red-necked sandpiper—weigh no more than 30 grams, but annually make this epic 26,000 km round trip. red-necked spurfowl n. = red-necked francolin n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Francolinus francolin1594 red-necked partridge1783 partridge1785 pheasant1785 red-necked francolin1819 Natal francolin1860 red-necked pheasant1867 redwing partridge1867 redwing1878 red-necked spurfowl1952 1952 C. W. Mackworth-Praed & C. H. B. Grant Birds E. & N.E. Afr. I. 256 Red-necked Spurfowl. Pternistis cranchii. 1980 J. G. Williams Field Guide Birds E. Afr. 64 Francolinus swainsoni..resembles one of the grey-breasted races of the Red-necked Spurfowl but has blackish not red legs. 2006 I. Sinclair & I. Davidson Southern Afr. Birds (ed. 2) 72 Red-necked Spurfowl are found in pairs or in small family parties in thick bush. red-necked stint n. a small wader, Calidris ruficollis, which breeds in the Arctic and migrates to Australasia, having grey and white plumage with (in the breeding season) a rufous head and neck. ΚΠ 1930 W. R. B. Oliver N.Z. Birds 303 The Red-necked Stint arrives in Eastern Siberia in May and leaves again before the middle of September. 1974 Bird-banding 45 99 The sequence of primary and secondary replacement was similar to that reported for the Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis). 2005 Wine Internat. Jan. (Austral. Life Suppl.) 28/3 More than 230 species of bird have been reported on French Island, including 33 species of waders (such as the eastern curlew and the red-necked stint). red-necked wallaby n. a wallaby with reddish fur on the neck and shoulders, Macropus rufogriseus, native to eastern Australia and Tasmania, and naturalized in New Zealand and (very locally) in Britain; spec. the subspecies M. r. banksianus of mainland Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Macropodidae > kangaroo > kangaroos of genus Macropus > macropus ruficollis red-necked kangaroo1827 red-necked wallaby1876 1876 Official Catal. Nat. & Industr. Products New S. Wales 46 The Red-necked Wallaby, N. S. Wales. 1926 A. S. Le Souef et al. Wild Animals Australasia 189 The red-necked wallaby commonly known as the scrub and in places as the brush wallaby, is found in the drier forest country of Eastern Australia. 1994 Brisbane News 28 Sept. 10/1 In New Zealand, red-necked wallabies were released by an acclimatisation society in 1903, and they bred like rabbits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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