| 单词 | blue crane |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue crane blue crane n. any of several cranes or crane-like birds with bluish-grey plumage; esp.: (a) North American the great blue heron, Ardea herodias (now rare); (b) the crane Anthropoides paradiseus of southern Africa (also called paradise crane, Stanley crane). ΚΠ 1772 J. R. Forster Hudson's Bay Birds in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 409 Ardea... Canadensis... Blue Crane. 1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. iv. 256 These [nests] were judged to be at least sufficiently large for the vultures..or for the large blue cranes that sat by the river's side. 1844 J. P. Giraud Birds Long Island 277 If you have never shot a blue crane, I doubt not that you desire to do so. 1907 C. E. Holmes Birds West 111 Great Blue Heron or Blue Crane. Ardea Herodias. 1968 G. Croudace Silver Grass 39 All wore the coveted iziindwe—the blue crane's feathers awarded to them for bravery in battle. 2001 P. Mattheissen Birds of Heaven ix. 242 Its status as South Africa's national bird has not spared the blue crane from persecution and destruction. < as lemmas |
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