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

　

单词	heron
释义	Trends of heron View usage for: All related terms of 'heron' green heron a small heron , Butorides virescens, of subtropical North America, with dark greenish wings and back grey heron a large European heron , Ardea cinerea , with grey wings and back and a long black drooping crest night heron any nocturnal heron of the genus Nycticorax and related genera, having short legs and neck , a heavy body, and a short heavy bill purple heron an Old World heron , Ardea purpurea , having maroon, buff , and black plumage boat-billed heron a nocturnal , tropical American wading bird ( Cochlearius cochlearius ) with a large, broad bill : it is the only member of a family (Cochleariidae) of wading birds great blue heron a large American heron , Ardea herodias , having bluish-gray plumage great white heron a large white heron , Ardea occidentalis, of S North America related words collective noun sedgesiege Image of heron © Eric Isselee, Shutterstock Nearby words of heron heroic heroine heroism heron herring hesitancy hesitant Synonyms of 'heron' heron Explore 'heron' in the dictionary heron (herən) Word forms: plural herons countable noun A heron is a large bird which has long legs and a long beak, and which eats fish. heron in British English (ˈhɛrən) noun any of various wading birds of the genera Butorides, Ardea, etc, having a long neck, slim body, and a plumage that is commonly grey or white: family Ardeidae, order Ciconiiformes Word origin C14: from Old French hairon, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German heigaro, Old Norse hegri Heron in British English noun 1. (ˈhɪərɒn) same as Hero1 2. (ˈhɛrən) Patrick. 1920–99, British abstract painter and art critic Heron in American English (ˈhɪrɑn) fl. 3d cent. a.d.; Gr. mathematician & inventor : also called Heron of Alexandria heron in American English (ˈhɛrən) nounWord forms: plural ˈherons or ˈheron any of various wading birds (esp. subfamily Ardeinae) with a long neck, long legs, and a long, tapered bill, living along marshes and river banks Word origin ME heroun < OFr hairon < Frank heigro (akin to OHG heigir, ON hegri) < IE (s)ker-, var. of base ker-, echoic of hoarse cry > scream Examples of 'heron' in a sentence heron He too was tall but poked his head forward between hunched shoulders like a heron at rest. Meek, M R D IN REMEMBRANCE OF ROSE (2002) Wesley watched her, with interest, plucking on, blindly; two thirds of the heron 's chest area now all but bare. Nicola Barker BEHINDLINGS (2002) Withington sat alone in the lobby waiting patiently as a blue heron for the next poor fish to come within reach of his beak. MacLeod, Charlotte SOMETHING IN THE WATER (2002) Word lists with heron bird In other languages heron British English: heron /ˈhɛrən/ NOUN A heron* is a large bird which has long legs and a long beak, and which eats fish. American English: heron Arabic: مَالِكُ الـحَزِّينُ Brazilian Portuguese: garça-real Chinese: 鹭 Croatian: čaplja Czech: volavka Danish: hejre Dutch: reiger European Spanish: garza Finnish: haikara French: héron German: Reiher Greek: ερωδιός Italian: airone Japanese: サギ鳥 Korean: 백로과의 새 Norwegian: hegre Polish: czapla European Portuguese: garça-real Romanian: bâtlan Russian: цапля Latin American Spanish: garza Swedish: häger Thai: นกกระสา Turkish: balıkçıl kuşu Ukrainian: чапля Vietnamese: con diệc Chinese translation of 'heron' heron (ˈhɛrən) n (c) 鹭(鷺) (lù) (只, zhī) Seehero
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