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

gannet

/ˈɡanɪt

noun

1A large seabird with mainly white plumage, which catches fish by plunging into the water.

Genus Morus (or Sula), family Sulidae: three species, in particular the northern gannet (M. bassanus) of the North Atlantic (also called solan goose).

Here, you can watch seabirds such as gannets and puffins up close - or stay inside and watch live videos, using remote control television cameras, from the nearby seabird colonies....

While there are few wild animals in Iceland, there is abundant birdlife - ducks, geese and, among the many sea-birds I spotted, petrels, puffins, tern, gannets, skuas and shearwaters.
Usually you can expect to see great numbers of pelagic birds - gannets, shearwaters, jaegers, storm-petrels, alcids - that live mainly at sea.

2British informal A greedy person.Do you find yourself saying "I shouldn't eat that, but I'm such a gannet that I'm going to"?

Origin

Old English ganot, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gent 'gander', also to gander.

Old English ganot is Germanic in origin and related to Dutch gent ‘gander’. The word is used sometimes to describe a greedy person—first used of a greedy sailor in 1920s slang.

单词	gannet
释义	gannet /ˈɡanɪt / noun 1A large seabird with mainly white plumage, which catches fish by plunging into the water. Genus Morus (or Sula), family Sulidae: three species, in particular the northern gannet (M. bassanus) of the North Atlantic (also called solan goose). Here, you can watch seabirds such as gannets and puffins up close - or stay inside and watch live videos, using remote control television cameras, from the nearby seabird colonies.... While there are few wild animals in Iceland, there is abundant birdlife - ducks, geese and, among the many sea-birds I spotted, petrels, puffins, tern, gannets, skuas and shearwaters. Usually you can expect to see great numbers of pelagic birds - gannets, shearwaters, jaegers, storm-petrels, alcids - that live mainly at sea. 2British informal A greedy person.Do you find yourself saying "I shouldn't eat that, but I'm such a gannet that I'm going to"? Origin Old English ganot, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gent 'gander', also to gander. Old English ganot is Germanic in origin and related to Dutch gent ‘gander’. The word is used sometimes to describe a greedy person—first used of a greedy sailor in 1920s slang. Rhymes granite, Janet, planet
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