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

ortolan

/ˈɔːt(ə)lən

(also ortolan bunting)

noun

A small Eurasian songbird that was formerly eaten as a delicacy, the male having an olive-green head and yellow throat.

The ortolan was so prized as a delicacy that it was almost hunted into extinction....

Dali was quite impressed, though he said he himself only ate ‘food with faces’ which meant fish and ortolans.
Like Otto's thin-crusted, griddle-cooked pizza, possibly the most controversial foodstuff to hit Gotham since Le Cirque's ortolans.

Early 16th century: from French, from Provençal, literally 'gardener', based on a diminutive of Latin hortus 'garden'.

单词	ortolan
释义	ortolan /ˈɔːt(ə)lən / (also ortolan bunting) noun A small Eurasian songbird that was formerly eaten as a delicacy, the male having an olive-green head and yellow throat. Emberiza hortulana, family Emberizidae (subfamily Emberizinae). The ortolan was so prized as a delicacy that it was almost hunted into extinction.... Dali was quite impressed, though he said he himself only ate ‘food with faces’ which meant fish and ortolans. Like Otto's thin-crusted, griddle-cooked pizza, possibly the most controversial foodstuff to hit Gotham since Le Cirque's ortolans. Origin Early 16th century: from French, from Provençal, literally 'gardener', based on a diminutive of Latin hortus 'garden'. Rhymes portolan
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