| 单词 | robert redbreast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRobert redbreast 1. More fully Robert redbreast. The European robin, Erithacus rubecula. Cf. robin n.1 2a, robin redbreast n. rare.In later use as a proper name, personifying the bird in various literary settings. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Erithacus > erithacus rubecula (robin) ruddockOE redbreasta1425 robineta1425 Robertc1430 robin redbreasta1525 robinc1550 Robin ruddock1554 Robin ruck1555 cock robin1710 robin breastie1824 c1430 in Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. (1907) 7 107 (MED) Robert redbrest & þe wrenne ffro bow to bow..þey gunne sterte. a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 702/13 Hec frigella, a roberd. 1706 T. D'Urfey Wonders in Sun iv. 58 Sir Prattler Parrot, Sir John Daw, Sir Chatter Jay, Sir Robert Redbreast, Mr. Baron Widgeon, and Mr. Justice Cuckoo appear. 1862 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 14 Jan. 328/2 A congress of birds—Sir Robert Redbreast, K.G.—i.e., Knight of the Garden, in the chair, by acclamation of wings. 1909 C. M. Stebbins & M. H. Coolidge Second Reader (Golden Treasury Readers) 109 So that night little Robert Redbreast went back to his old nest. < as lemmas |
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