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单词 sand laverock
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sand laverockn.

Brit. /ˈsand ˌlavərək/, U.S. /ˈsæn(d) ˌlævərək/
Forms: see sand n.2 and laverock n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sand n.2, laverock n.
Etymology: < sand n.2 + laverock n. Compare earlier sandpiper n.Compare also Scots (Shetland) sandy loo (1809), (Orkney) sandlo , sanloo (19th cent.), sanlick , sinlick (20th cent.), (Caithness) sanlooag (20th cent.), all denoting the ringed plover (probably < the unattested Norn cognate of Icelandic sandló (18th cent.; also sandlóa (17th cent.)), Norwegian (Nynorsk) sandlo (19th cent.), in the same sense < the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic sand sand n.2 + the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic (also lóa ) sandpiper (probably ultimately of imitative origin)); in the Shetland form with remodelling of the first element after sandy adj., and in the Orkney and Caithness forms with suffixes -ick and -ag , respectively (see -ock suffix).
British regional (now chiefly Scottish).
Any of various small shorebirds or waders, esp. a sandpiper. Cf. sand lark n. 1.
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1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 181 Besides here [i.e. at Ross] are Eagles,..Seapyes, Sandelevericks [etc.].
1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 141 Dullwilly, (Charadrius Hiaticula, Linnæus.)... Provincial... Sand Laverock.
1913 W. P. Westell & H. E. Turner Seashore I Know vi. 51 In some other parts of Britain the Ringed Plover is called Wide-awake, as well as Sand Laverock, Sandy Loo, Shell Turner, and Stone Runner.
1991 I. Sutherland Caithness Dict. 47 San lairag, sandpiper.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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