单词 | birdwatcher |
释义 | birdwatchern.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by birds, augury > [noun] > one who practises bird-conjurera1382 bird-speller1571 birdgazer1576 birdwatcher1712 orneoscopist1727 orniscopist1755 1712 W. Oldisworth in tr. Horace Odes II. i. vii. Notes upon Notes 34/1 Auspex does not signify a Favourer or Promoter of any Work or Undertaking, but a Soothsayer, a Consulter of Omens, a Bird-watcher, whenever it is applied to Person. 2. A person who observes wild birds in their natural habitats; esp. one who engages in birdwatching as a hobby or pastime. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > bird-watcher birdwatcher1803 birder1900 bird spotter1931 birdo1950 birdman1955 twitcher1974 the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > birds > bird-watching > one who birdwatcher1803 1803 J. Kenney Society, with Other Poems 41 Pictures of the lonely bird-watcher and of the hay-field group contrasted. 1905 E. Selous (title) The bird watcher in the Shetlands. 1930 J. Huxley Bird-watching & Bird Behaviour i. 13 From the bird-watcher pure and simple it is but a step to the bird-watcher naturalist. 2016 BBC Wildlife July 73/3 Birdwatchers flock here in their eagerness to see these quirky products of avian evolution-in-isolation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1712 |
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