| 单词 | yellowhammer |
| 释义 | yellowhammer[ yel-oh-ham-er ] / ˈyɛl oʊˌhæm ər / nouna common European bunting, Emberiza citrinella, the male of which is marked with bright yellow. Chiefly Southern U.S. a flicker, Colaptes auratus, having yellow wing and tail linings. Origin of yellowhammer1550–60; earlier also yelamber, yelambre, probably continuing Old English *geolu-amore, equivalent to geoluyellow + amore presumably, the bunting (cognate with Old Saxon amer,Old High German amaro;see emberizine); forms with -h- perhaps reflect blending with another etymon, later conformed to hammer (compare dial. yellowham) Words nearby yellowhammeryellow goatfish, yellow granadilla, yellow-green, yellow-green algae, yellow gum, yellowhammer, Yellow Hats, yellowhead, yellow-headed blackbird, yellow hepatization, yellow honeysuckle Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for yellowhammerBritish Dictionary definitions for yellowhammeryellowhammer / (ˈjɛləʊˌhæmə) / nouna European bunting, Emberiza citrinella, having a yellowish head and body and brown streaked wings and tail US and Canadian the yellow-shafted flicker, an American woodpeckerSee flicker 2 Word Origin for yellowhammerC16: of uncertain origin 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 |
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