英语词汇“subtle jack”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

† subtle jack n. [ < subtle adj. and n. + Jack n.² (compare Jack n.² 37), with allusion to the bird's skill in building its nest (compare quot. 1699)] Obsolete an oropendola or a cacique (family Icteridae), which are tropical American birds that weave pendulous bag-like nests and often nest colonially.

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1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. ii. 68 Subtle Jacks are Birds as big as Pigeons... They are called by the English Subtle Jacks, because of this uncommon way of building.

1831 C. I. Johnstone Lives & Voy. of Drake, Cavendish, & Dampier viii. 300 On trees that grow singly and apart the birds build all round; but where the trees stand in proximity to others, the Subtle Jack chooses only those that border upon a savanna, pool, or creek.

单词	subtle jack
释义	> as lemmas subtle jack † subtle jack n. [ < subtle adj. and n. + Jack n.² (compare Jack n.² 37), with allusion to the bird's skill in building its nest (compare quot. 1699)] Obsolete an oropendola or a cacique (family Icteridae), which are tropical American birds that weave pendulous bag-like nests and often nest colonially. ΚΠ 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. ii. 68 Subtle Jacks are Birds as big as Pigeons... They are called by the English Subtle Jacks, because of this uncommon way of building. 1831 C. I. Johnstone Lives & Voy. of Drake, Cavendish, & Dampier viii. 300 On trees that grow singly and apart the birds build all round; but where the trees stand in proximity to others, the Subtle Jack chooses only those that border upon a savanna, pool, or creek. extracted from subtleadj.n. < as lemmas
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