| 单词 | nightingale |
| 释义 | Word Frequency nightingale(ˈnaɪtɪŋˌɡeɪl) noun 1. a brownish European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, with a broad reddish-brown tail: well known for its musical song, usually heard at night 2. any of various similar or related birds, such as Luscinia luscinia (thrush nightingale) Word origin Old English nihtegale, literally: night-singer, from night + galan to singWord Frequency Nightingale(ˈnaɪtɪŋˌɡeɪl) noun Florence, known as the Lady with the Lamp. 1820–1910, English nurse, famous for her work during the Crimean War. She helped to raise the status and quality of the nursing profession and founded a training school for nurses in London (1860) |
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