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单词 semp
释义

sempn.

/sɛmp/
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps representing shortened pronunciation of an alternative name Louis d'or simple.
A name in Trinidad for a variety of tanager, Euphonia (formerly Tanagra) violacea, which is sometimes kept as a songbird.
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1937 Ibis 1 532 Tanagra violacea lichtensteini..Semp. Common in Trinidad, and observed..in Tobago on one occasion only... The male is a good singer, and on that account favoured by the natives as a cage-bird.
1961 G. A. C. Herklots Birds Trinidad & Tobago 253 Semp or Louis d'Or simple Tanagra violacea rodwayi.
1966 K. S. La Fortuné in J. Figueroa Caribbean Voices I. i. 18 And heard Soul-stirring melodies From the semp's throat.
1968 K. S. La Fortuné Legend of T-Marie viii. 32 Semps, Acravats and Taraudeas sang as they flew over him.
1990 Guardian 24 May 22/6 Like the semp that flew up from the carpet of quailed fruit.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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