| 单词 | nightingale |
| 释义 | nightingale From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishBirdsnightingalenigh‧tin‧gale /ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/ noun [countable]HBBa small bird that sings very beautifully, especially at nightExamples from the Corpusnightingale• A sweet spirit of holy song came forth in notes like that of a nightingale and it filled the whole building.• What this suggests is that nightingales and bowerbirds have transferred their color to their songs and bowers.• Pan made the pipe of reeds which can sing as sweetly as the nightingale in spring.• Night time is the best time to hear the nightingale - when it sings alone.• Two nightingales in the Emperor's birdcage, eh?Origin nightingale Old English nihtegale “night-singer” |
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