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单词 finch
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Definition of finch in English:

finch

noun fɪn(t)ʃfɪn(t)ʃ
  • A seed-eating songbird that typically has a stout bill and colourful plumage.

    The true finches belong to the family Fringillidae (the finch family), which includes chaffinches, canaries, linnets, crossbills, etc. Many other finches belong to the bunting, waxbill, or sparrow families

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Birdsong enters the cottage from front and back - blackbirds, robins, finches.
    • Finches get bigger, fish gets smaller, but a finch is still a finch and a fish is still a fish.
    • In late summer and early fall, flocks of tiny finches and other seed-eating birds swoop in to graze among the spent blooms.
    • Their bills are slimmer than those of most finches.
    • Sometimes they are called Painted finches, or Rainbow finches.

Origin

Old English finc, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vink and German Fink.

Rhymes

cinch, clinch, flinch, inch, lynch, Minch, pinch, squinch, winch
 
 

Definition of finch in US English:

finch

nounfɪn(t)ʃfin(t)SH
  • A seed-eating songbird that typically has a stout bill and colorful plumage.

    The true finches belong to the family Fringillidae (the finch family), which includes chaffinches, canaries, linnets, crossbills, etc. Many other finches belong to the bunting, waxbill, or sparrow families

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Birdsong enters the cottage from front and back - blackbirds, robins, finches.
    • Finches get bigger, fish gets smaller, but a finch is still a finch and a fish is still a fish.
    • Sometimes they are called Painted finches, or Rainbow finches.
    • In late summer and early fall, flocks of tiny finches and other seed-eating birds swoop in to graze among the spent blooms.
    • Their bills are slimmer than those of most finches.

Origin

Old English finc, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vink and German Fink.

 
 
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