单词 | winter wren |
释义 | winter wren in British English (ˈwɪntə rɛn) noun US another name for wren wren in British English (rɛn) noun 1. any small brown passerine songbird of the chiefly American family Troglodytidae, esp Troglodytes troglodytes (wren in Britain, winter wren in the US and Canada). They have a slender bill and feed on insects 2. any of various similar birds of the families Muscicapidae (Australian warblers), Xenicidae (New Zealand wrens), etc Word origin Old English wrenna, werna; related to Old High German wrendo, rentilo, Old Norse rindillwinter wren in American Englishnoun (in the Western Hemisphere) a small wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, of coniferous forests Word origin [1800–10, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1800–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: chlorine, hike, jumbo, pueblo, studio |
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