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

puttock

/ˈpʌtək/

(also puddock)

noun

1A bird of prey, especially the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the buzzard (Buteo buteo). Now English regional and Scottish rare.

2 Figurative ( derogatory ). A person likened to a bird of prey in being considered greedy, grasping, rapacious, etc.; specifically a petty officer of justice; a bailiff. Compare hawk. Now rare ( archaic in later use).

Origin

Middle English; earliest use found in Libellus de Nominibus Naturalium Rerum. Origin uncertain; perhaps from the reflex of an unattested Old English *putta hawk, of uncertain origin + -ock.

单词	puttock
释义	puttock /ˈpʌtək/ (also puddock) noun 1A bird of prey, especially the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the buzzard (Buteo buteo). Now English regional and Scottish rare. 2 Figurative ( derogatory ). A person likened to a bird of prey in being considered greedy, grasping, rapacious, etc.; specifically a petty officer of justice; a bailiff. Compare hawk. Now rare ( archaic in later use). Origin Middle English; earliest use found in Libellus de Nominibus Naturalium Rerum. Origin uncertain; perhaps from the reflex of an unattested Old English putta hawk, of uncertain origin + -ock*.
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