| 单词 | swan-upping |
| 释义 | swan-upping in British Englishnoun British 1. the practice or action of marking nicks in swans' beaks as a sign of ownership 2. the annual swan-upping of royal cygnets on the River Thames Word origin C16: from up (in the archaic sense: to catch and mark a swan)swan-upping in American English (ˈswɑnˌʌpɪŋ; ˈswɔnˌʌpɪŋ) noun the practice in England of marking young swans with a notch in the upper beak as a sign of ownership Word origin < swan1 + up1, v. |
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