单词 | jenny wren |
释义 | jenny wren (once / 23130 pages) n WORD FAMILY jenny wren: jenny wrens USAGE EXAMPLESCongresswoman Emily Taft Douglas, an Illinois Democrat, had a “pinkly scrubbed face, grave blue eyes, fluffy brown hair and the appeal of a Jenny wren.” Washington Post(Oct 25, 2016) An RKO Radio six-episode serial named "The Phantom" never revealed the name of the villain who had killed attractive blackmailer Jenny Wren. Los Angeles Times(Jan 21, 2016) AS little Jenny Wren Was sitting by the shed, She waggled with her tail, And nodded with her head. Various, The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes(2012) n any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects Syn|Hypo|Hyper wren Troglodytes troglodytes, winter wren small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere Troglodytes aedon, house wrencommon American wren that nests around houses marsh wrena wren of the genus Cistothorus that frequents marshes Salpinctes obsoletus, rock wrenwren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico Carolina wren, Thryothorus ludovicianuslarge United States wren with a musical call cactus wrenlarge harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico Cistothorus palustris, long-billed marsh wrenAmerican wren that inhabits tall reed beds Cistothorus platensis, sedge wren, short-billed marsh wrensmall American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows passeriform bird, passerine perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless |
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