英语词汇“pewit”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example sentences from the Web for pewit

In his best days, as he records in one of his letters, it was said of him that he “tripped like a pewit.”
The Art of Letters|Robert Lynd
It is unmistakably spring, because the pewit bushes are budding and on yonder aspen we can hear a forsythia bursting into song.
Mince PieAuthor: Christopher Darlington MorleyRelease Date: October 10, 2004 [eBook #13694]|Christopher Darlington Morley
Now and then I caught the cry of a pewit, or saw a snipe glance up from his bed; but mainly I was busied about the mare.
The Splendid Spur|Arthur T. Quiller Couch
When its eggs are laid, the pewit will fight fiercely with any other of its species which comes too near it.
Mamma's Stories about Birds|Anonymous (AKA the author of "Chickseed without Chickweed")

One of the first birds I saw, and one of the most puzzling, was the lapwing or pewit.
Fresh Fields|John Burroughs

单词	pewit
释义	pewit or pee·wit [ pee-wit, pyoo-it ] / ˈpi wɪt, ˈpyu ɪt / noun the lapwing, Vanellus vanellus. the phoebe. Origin of pewit First recorded in 1520–30; imitative Words nearby pewit pew, pewage, pewee, pew hinge, pewholder, pewit, pewter, pewterer, pexis, -pexy, Peyer's patches Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pewit In his best days, as he records in one of his letters, it was said of him that he “tripped like a pewit.” The Art of Letters\|Robert Lynd It is unmistakably spring, because the pewit bushes are budding and on yonder aspen we can hear a forsythia bursting into song. Mince PieAuthor: Christopher Darlington MorleyRelease Date: October 10, 2004 [eBook #13694]\|Christopher Darlington Morley Now and then I caught the cry of a pewit, or saw a snipe glance up from his bed; but mainly I was busied about the mare. The Splendid Spur\|Arthur T. Quiller Couch When its eggs are laid, the pewit will fight fiercely with any other of its species which comes too near it. Mamma's Stories about Birds\|Anonymous (AKA the author of "Chickseed without Chickweed") One of the first birds I saw, and one of the most puzzling, was the lapwing or pewit. Fresh Fields\|John Burroughs British Dictionary definitions for pewit pewit / (ˈpiːwɪt) / noun another name for lapwing Word Origin for pewit C13: imitative of the bird's cry 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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pewit

or pee·wit

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