单词 | chimney swift |
释义 | chimney swift in British Englishnoun a North American swift, Chaetura pelagica, that nests in chimneys and similar hollows chimney swift in American English US a sooty-brown North American swift (Chaetura pelagica) that often makes its nest in a chimney chimney swift in American Englishnoun an American swift, Chateura pelagica, which often builds its nest in an unused chimney Word origin [1840–50]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bypass, flan, set piece, striation, warmupExamples of 'chimney swift' in a sentence |
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