单词 | song thrush |
释义 | song thrushn. A common Eurasian thrush with brown upperparts and a buff spotted breast, Turdus philomelos, having a loud song in which phrases tend to be repeated several times in succession. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Turdus (thrush) > turdus philomelos (song-thrush) mavisa1425 song thrush1598 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Turdus (thrush) > turdus viscivorus (mistle-thrush) song thrush1598 mistle-bird1626 mistle thrush1646 shreitch1668 shrite1668 mistletoe thrush1719 storm cock1769 wood-thrush1791 rain-fowl1817 thrice-cock1819 mistle1845 hollin cock1848 fen-thrush1854 storm thrush1854 shirlcock1859 fell-thrush1879 felt1879 jay1880 jay pie1880 Norman thrush1885 stone-thrush1885 1598 B. Yong tr. G. Polo Enamoured Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 493 The Song thrush [Sp. la mirla] and the heauenly Larke replie Vnto my songs, with sweetest notes at will. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 83 The Thrush, Song-Thrush, or Throssle, or Mavis. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 188 The Mavis, Throstle, or Song-thrush. 1770 G. White Let. 12 Apr. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 128 The first that fail and die are the redwing-fieldfares, and then the song-thrushes. 1826 Sporting Mag. 17 227 This species, however, is larger than the blackbird or song thrush. 1892 Chambers's Jrnl. 6 Feb. 81/2 The special characteristic of the Song Thrush is its habit of frequent repetition. 1908 Zoologist 12 326 Song-Thrushes have returned in some numbers, and burst into song at once. 1974 E. Pollard et al. Hedges (1977) x. 121 The song thrush sings from a tree, nests in a bush, feeds partly on snails found in the hedge bottom but also in the adjoining fields and later in the season eats the berries of the hedge shrubs. 2010 Tablet 27 Mar. 44/3 As I write, there is a song thrush in the ash tree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598 |
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