单词 | serotine |
释义 | serotinen.1 A small brown bat belonging to the genus Eptesicus, esp. the European E. serotinus. Also attributive, as serotine bat. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Microchiroptera > family Vespertilionidae > miscellaneous types of New York bat1771 pipistrelle1771 serotine bat1771 barbastelle1791 nyctophilet1840 1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds 370 Serotine... Bat with a longish nose. 1800 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. I. 142 Great Serotine Bat. 1837 T. Bell Hist. Brit. Quadrupeds 34 The Serotine..was mistaken for the Noctule by Geoffroy. 1903 H. Johnston Brit. Mammals 86 It has been named the ‘serotine’ bat from its habit of only making its appearance late in the evening. 1910 G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton Hist. Brit. Mammals 131 In the British Isles the Serotine is entirely confined to the south of England. 1934 G. C. Shortridge Mammals S.W. Afr. I. 62 On first appearing Serotine Bats usually fly backwards and forwards with comparative regularity. 1965 D. R. Rosevere Bats W. Afr. 246 The Serotine Bats are widespread throughout Africa, Europe, Asia, America and Australia. 1971 L. H. Matthews Life of Mammals II. iii. 104 The most familiar members of it [sc. the genus Eptesicus] are the big brown bat..of North America, and the Serotine..of Europe and Asia..and west Africa. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2018). serotineadj.n.2 Late in occurrence or development; chiefly of plants late-flowering. Also n., a late-flowering plant or species. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > late > slow in developing or backward latesomelOE lateward1538 late1577 latewardly1580 latterward1582 serotine1598 backward1600 serotinous1656 the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > flowering or blossoming > plant characterized by time, duration, or order of precoque?1440 serotine1598 night-flower1648 precoce1660 winter flower1664 everbloomer1850 ever-bearer1855 nudiflor1885 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 53/3 To serotine doth Doctour then beginne When the disease to deepe is rooted in. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Serotine, that is in the evening, late, lateward. 1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 27 I find he [Ferrarius] makes but two sorts; Præcoces and Serotin's [printed Serolin's]. 1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 76 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Serotine, or late flowering, white autumnal narcissus. 1868 H. W. Longfellow tr. Dante Purgatorio xv. 141 As far as ever eye could stretch Against the sunbeams serotine and lucent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.11771adj.n.21598 |
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