| 单词 | throstle wing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthrostle wing a. In sense 1, as throstle egg, throstle song, throstle wing, etc.See also throstle-cock n. ΚΠ 1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) xxxv. 224 The feathers got from the Quills of a Throstle-wing, is excellent. ?a1854 Proud Lady Margaret (Buchan) in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1884) I. ii. 429/2 The thristle-throat is the next that sings Unto the nightingale. 1861 J. M'Gilchrist Roseallan's Daughter ii. i. 45 If the throstle-hen knows not the mottled lover that sings to her, [etc.]. 1880 G. Barlow Time's Whisperings 13 My throstle-poems wail their strong Lament. 1903 J. S. Martin Mirk & Morn 33 Through woods,..A quickening trill of throstle song doth run. 2011 Independent Extra (Nexis) 17 Mar. 2 Those..throstle eggs and custard apples don't come cheap. < as lemmas |
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