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单词 egret
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
e•gret /ˈigrɪt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Birdsa usually white heron having long, graceful feathers.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
e•gret  grit, egrit, ē gret, ēgret),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret,) of the Old World.
  2. Jewelryaigrette.
  • Gmc; see heron
  • Anglo-French egret (compare Middle French égreste, aigrette), alteration (with -on exchanged for -et -et) of dialect, dialectal Old French aigron
  • late Middle English egret(e) 1400–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
egret /ˈiːɡrɪt/ n
  1. any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta, Hydranassa, etc, that are similar to herons but usually have a white plumage and, in the breeding season, long feathery plumes: family Ardeidae, order Ciconiiformes
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French aigrette, from Old Provençal aigreta, from aigron heron, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German heigaro heron
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