songbirdn.

Brit.

/ˈsɒŋbəːd/, U.S.

/ˈsɔŋˌbərd/,

/ˈsɑŋˌbərd/

Forms: see song n.¹ and bird n.; also 1500s savnge bird.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: song n.¹, bird n.

Etymology: < song n.¹ + bird n. Compare slightly earlier singing bird n. at singing adj. 3.

1. Originally: a bird that sings; a bird with a melodious song; (also) a cage bird kept for its singing (now rare). In later use also (Ornithology): a perching bird, spec. one of an advanced group ( Oscines) having the muscles of the syrinx attached to extremities of the bronchial semi-rings; an oscine passerine.

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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > bird that makes sound

singing bird1565

songbird1573

whistler1590

singer1626

songster1656

songstress1684

poeta1748

squeaker1808

twitterer1815

night singer1816

song-fowl1877

1573 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1994) (modernized text) IX. 151 To my wife and daughter..all my savnge birds to be equally divided.

1675 J. Blagrave New Additions Art Husbandry (new ed.) 80 I do esteem some of them to be very fine pleasant Song-Birds.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. iv. iii. 326 (heading) Of the nightingale and other soft billed Song-Birds.

1783 Encycl. Brit. X. 8670/1 The deficiency of most other song-birds in that country.

1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. p. xxix The males of song birds, and many others, do not in general search for the female, but, on the contrary, their business in spring is to perch on some conspicuous spot, breathing out their full and amorous notes.

1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xvii. 325 It is remarkable that so many song-birds abound where there is a general paucity of other animal life.

1886 Atlantic Monthly May 616/1 Its position in the insect-bearing shale further favors our classing it as insectivorous, another characteristic of the true song-birds.

1923 A. K. Haagner & R. H. Ivy Sketches S. Afr. Bird-life 147 A favourite little songbird is the dainty little Mountain Canary.

1940 Sci. Monthly Dec. 511/1 The true song-birds (oscines)..are represented in Central America by a larger number of species than is to be found in the vastly greater area of temperate North America.

2011 New Yorker 24 Oct. 31/3 A nine-centimetre-long brown songbird with no distinctive features or markings, the plain leaf warbler looks almost exactly like the willow warbler.

2. A female singer.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer by type of voice > [noun] > sweet singer

nightingale?a1500

siren1592

blackbirda1640

bulbul1848

songbird1874

1874 Warren (Pa.) Mail 11 Aug. A select and fashionable audience assembled in Platt's Hall last evening to listen to..the sweet song-bird of the palm groves.

1896 Godey's Mag. Apr. 412/2 The second of the noted Magyar song-birds within current recollection was Etelka Gerster.

1921 Mentor Nov. 36/1 We wish her success in her career as a songbird.

1990 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 16 Jan. 14/4 Leggy songbird Jackie Love strutted her stuff in the lavishly decorated ballroom.

2012 Sc. Sun (Nexis) 8 Mar. 34 Songbird Claire, performs at gigs, jam sessions and open-mic events.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	songbird
释义	songbirdn. Brit. /ˈsɒŋbəːd/, U.S. /ˈsɔŋˌbərd/, /ˈsɑŋˌbərd/ Forms: see song n.¹ and bird n.; also 1500s savnge bird. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: song n.¹, bird n. Etymology: < song n.¹ + bird n. Compare slightly earlier singing bird n. at singing adj. 3. 1. Originally: a bird that sings; a bird with a melodious song; (also) a cage bird kept for its singing (now rare). In later use also (Ornithology): a perching bird, spec. one of an advanced group ( Oscines) having the muscles of the syrinx attached to extremities of the bronchial semi-rings; an oscine passerine. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > bird that makes sound singing bird1565 songbird1573 whistler1590 singer1626 songster1656 songstress1684 poeta1748 squeaker1808 twitterer1815 night singer1816 song-fowl1877 1573 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1994) (modernized text) IX. 151 To my wife and daughter..all my savnge birds to be equally divided. 1675 J. Blagrave New Additions Art Husbandry (new ed.) 80 I do esteem some of them to be very fine pleasant Song-Birds. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. iv. iii. 326 (heading) Of the nightingale and other soft billed Song-Birds. 1783 Encycl. Brit. X. 8670/1 The deficiency of most other song-birds in that country. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. p. xxix The males of song birds, and many others, do not in general search for the female, but, on the contrary, their business in spring is to perch on some conspicuous spot, breathing out their full and amorous notes. 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xvii. 325 It is remarkable that so many song-birds abound where there is a general paucity of other animal life. 1886 Atlantic Monthly May 616/1 Its position in the insect-bearing shale further favors our classing it as insectivorous, another characteristic of the true song-birds. 1923 A. K. Haagner & R. H. Ivy Sketches S. Afr. Bird-life 147 A favourite little songbird is the dainty little Mountain Canary. 1940 Sci. Monthly Dec. 511/1 The true song-birds (oscines)..are represented in Central America by a larger number of species than is to be found in the vastly greater area of temperate North America. 2011 New Yorker 24 Oct. 31/3 A nine-centimetre-long brown songbird with no distinctive features or markings, the plain leaf warbler looks almost exactly like the willow warbler. 2. A female singer. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer by type of voice > [noun] > sweet singer nightingale?a1500 siren1592 blackbirda1640 bulbul1848 songbird1874 1874 Warren (Pa.) Mail 11 Aug. A select and fashionable audience assembled in Platt's Hall last evening to listen to..the sweet song-bird of the palm groves. 1896 Godey's Mag. Apr. 412/2 The second of the noted Magyar song-birds within current recollection was Etelka Gerster. 1921 Mentor Nov. 36/1 We wish her success in her career as a songbird. 1990 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 16 Jan. 14/4 Leggy songbird Jackie Love strutted her stuff in the lavishly decorated ballroom. 2012 Sc. Sun (Nexis) 8 Mar. 34 Songbird Claire, performs at gigs, jam sessions and open-mic events. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1573
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