| 单词 | plantain-eater |
| 释义 | plantain-eater in British Englishnoun another name for touraco touraco in British English or turaco (ˈtʊərəˌkəʊ) nounWord forms: plural -cos any brightly coloured crested arboreal African bird of the family Musophagidae: order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc) Word origin C18: of West African originplantain-eater in American English (ˈplæntɪnˌitər, -tn-) noun any of various touracos, erroneously believed to feed chiefly on plantains and bananas Word origin [1795–1805]This word is first recorded in the period 1795–1805. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: hopscotch, mannerism, steeplechase, unilateral, wrecker |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含298861条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。