white-breastedadj.

Brit.

/ˌwʌɪtˈbrɛstᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌ(h)waɪtˈbrɛstəd/

Forms: see white adj. and n. and breasted adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., breasted adj.

Etymology: < white adj. + breasted adj.

Having a white breast or white breasts. Frequently in names of birds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] > having particular or same colour feathers > on particular part

red-breasted1609

white-breasted1625

yellow-bellied1674

strawberry-breasted1688

white-fronted1729

blue-backed1752

blue-bellied1753

black-bellied1764

red-backed1766

black-fronted1771

red-fronted1781

blue-collared1788

rose-breasted1801

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xvi. 1619 The admirablest and fairest beast that euer I saw, was a Iarraff,..of a reddish Deere colour, white brested and clouen footed.

1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 157 The persons..are white breasted, reddish-hair'd.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 470 The white-breasted Guinea-Hen.

1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds II. 357 Sylvia garrula. The White-breasted Warbler. Lesser White-throat.

1880 ‘Old Hand’ Experiences of Colonist ii. 50 The white-breasted flycatcher would hover around, warbling lowly its sweet liquid notes.

1903 L. Merrick Quaint Compan. iv. 47 A thin stream of white-breasted women and shirt-fronts trickled continuously down the red stairway to the stalls.

1946 G. Stimpson Bk. about Thousand Things 491 The white-breasted cormorant is largely responsible for the production of the vast guano deposits on the islands off the coast of Peru.

2007 Guardian 20 Dec. 14/3 An extremely rare white-breasted robin has been spotted in a garden in Dorset.

Compounds

white-breasted nuthatch n. a North American nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis, which has a white face and underparts, black cap, and blue-grey back.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Sittidae > genus Sitta > sitta carolinensis (white breasted nuthatch)

white-breasted nuthatch1808

tree-mouse1897

1808 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. I. 41 The White-breasted Nuthatch is common almost everywhere in the woods of North America.

1921 F. S. Mathews Field Bk. Wild Birds & their Music (rev. ed.) 226 The White-breasted Nuthatch is a charming little symphony in modest gray, black, and white.

2006 Northern Woodlands Autumn 4/3 Red-breasted nuthatches favor softwoods; white-breasted nuthatches are more often in hardwoods.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white-breasted
释义	white-breastedadj. Brit. /ˌwʌɪtˈbrɛstᵻd/, U.S. /ˌ(h)waɪtˈbrɛstəd/ Forms: see white adj. and n. and breasted adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., breasted adj. Etymology: < white adj. + breasted adj. Having a white breast or white breasts. Frequently in names of birds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] > having particular or same colour feathers > on particular part red-breasted1609 white-breasted1625 yellow-bellied1674 strawberry-breasted1688 white-fronted1729 blue-backed1752 blue-bellied1753 black-bellied1764 red-backed1766 black-fronted1771 red-fronted1781 blue-collared1788 rose-breasted1801 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xvi. 1619 The admirablest and fairest beast that euer I saw, was a Iarraff,..of a reddish Deere colour, white brested and clouen footed. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 157 The persons..are white breasted, reddish-hair'd. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 470 The white-breasted Guinea-Hen. 1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds II. 357 Sylvia garrula. The White-breasted Warbler. Lesser White-throat. 1880 ‘Old Hand’ Experiences of Colonist ii. 50 The white-breasted flycatcher would hover around, warbling lowly its sweet liquid notes. 1903 L. Merrick Quaint Compan. iv. 47 A thin stream of white-breasted women and shirt-fronts trickled continuously down the red stairway to the stalls. 1946 G. Stimpson Bk. about Thousand Things 491 The white-breasted cormorant is largely responsible for the production of the vast guano deposits on the islands off the coast of Peru. 2007 Guardian 20 Dec. 14/3 An extremely rare white-breasted robin has been spotted in a garden in Dorset. Compounds white-breasted nuthatch n. a North American nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis, which has a white face and underparts, black cap, and blue-grey back. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Sittidae > genus Sitta > sitta carolinensis (white breasted nuthatch) white-breasted nuthatch1808 tree-mouse1897 1808 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. I. 41 The White-breasted Nuthatch is common almost everywhere in the woods of North America. 1921 F. S. Mathews Field Bk. Wild Birds & their Music (rev. ed.) 226 The White-breasted Nuthatch is a charming little symphony in modest gray, black, and white. 2006 Northern Woodlands Autumn 4/3 Red-breasted nuthatches favor softwoods; white-breasted nuthatches are more often in hardwoods. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1625
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