| 单词 | peewit |
| 释义 | peewit (once / 45112 pages) n WORD FAMILY peewit: peewits USAGE EXAMPLESThe spirit of the lifeless infant remains with her "like a lone peewit, always landing close by when there's bad weather on the way". The Guardian(Aug 24, 2012) The carrier whistled to his horse, the cry of a peewit came shrilling across the moor, one wheel of the cart squeaked loudly for grease. Weyman, Stanley J., Laid up in Lavender(2012) A peewit screamed and wheeled above his head. Weyman, Stanley J., A Little Wizard(2012) 1n large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs Syn|Hyper green plover, lapwing, pewit plover any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers 2n small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America Syn|Hypo|Hyper Contopus virens, peewee, pewee, pewit, wood pewee Contopus sordidulus, western wood pewee small flycatcher of western North America New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing |
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