| 单词 | rook-grove |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrook-grove ΚΠ a1682 Sir T. Browne Norfolk Birds in Wks. (1852) III. 321 By reason of the great quantity of corn-fields and rook groves. 1793 R. Polwhele Hist. Devonshire II. 197 Rockbeare..has been spelt, also, Rokebere, and conjectured to mean, the Rook-grove, or Rookery. 1869 A. B. Grosart in P. Fletcher's Poems Pref. p. xxxiv Meadow and woodland—in many a fairy copse and clump of grand oaks,..and Rook-groves..lend beauty and undying interest to well-nigh every foot of bladed emerald whereon a lark might build a nest. < as lemmas |
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