单词 | pipit |
释义 | pipit (once / 41183 pages) n WORD FAMILY pipit: pipits USAGE EXAMPLES"That's a meadow pipit!" he exclaimed, homing in his telescope on a plump, brown bird with beady black eyes. Los Angeles Times(May 08, 2016) Its pale face and streaked breast allow the Sprague’s pipit to conceal itself in shortgrass prairie. Washington Times(Sep 04, 2015) "These islands are covered totally by forest, which is a very unfamiliar habitat to pipits and wagtails," he said. BBC(Mar 05, 2015) n a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage Syn|Hypo|Hyper lark, titlark Anthus pratensis, meadow pipit a common pipit that is brown above and white below; widely distributed in northern and central Europe and in Asia oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus |
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