释义 |
[ ney-ney ] / ˈneɪ neɪ /
noun, plural ne·ne.a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird. Also called Hawaiian goose. Origin of neneFirst recorded in 1900–05, nene is from the Hawaiian word nēnē Words nearby nenenemophila, nemoricole, Nemrod, Nemunas, Nen, nene, Nenets, N. Eng., Nenni, NEO, neoadjuvant Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for neneShe drew “Judge No. 3” to answer a question from NeNe Leakes, star of the Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Miss Utah Marissa Powell’s Face-Palm Moment During the Miss USA Pageant|Marlow Stern|June 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST Just how did Runway end up on Thursdays, anyway, pushing against Bravo's bulwark of NeNe and pals? Runway vs. Housewives|Choire Sicha|August 19, 2009|DAILY BEAST An example of NeNe Leakes, from an episode of Real Housewives of Atlanta, keeping things extremely real. The Housewife Who Keeps It Real|Rebecca Dana|August 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST The Nene still has its outfall here, and flows through the town in a fine sweep locally called the Brink. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely|Rev. Edward Conybeare.
It lies in the midst of the flat fen country, on the old course of the river Nene. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 6|Various The importance of the Nene to the counties through which it passed was very great. Notes on Old Peterborough|Andrew Percival Several thousand acres have been reclaimed from this part of the Wash, and round the mouth of the Nene on the south-east. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6|Various It is pleasantly situated on high ground above the south bank of the river Nene. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4|Various
British Dictionary definitions for nene
nouna rare black-and-grey short-winged Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, having partly webbed feet Word Origin for nenefrom Hawaiian Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |