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单词 penguin
释义

penguin1 /pen(g)ˈgwin/

noun
  1. (also pinˈguin) any bird of the order Sphenisciformes, flightless seabirds of the southern hemisphere with modified flipper-like wings used for swimming, and black or bluish plumage except for the mainly white breast
  2. A former name for the great auk
  3. A training aeroplane that cannot fly (slang)
  4. A member of the Women's Royal Air Force, ‘flappers who did not fly’ (old slang)
ORIGIN: According to some, Welsh pen head, and gwyn white, or the corresponding Breton words, though the great auk had a black head with two white patches: conjectures are pin-wing, and L pinguis fat

penˈguinery or penˈguinry noun

A penguin rookery or breeding-place

penguin suit noun (informal)

A man's black dinner jacket and white shirt

pinguin2 /pingˈgwin/, also penguin /pengˈ/

noun
  1. A West Indian plant, Bromelia pinguin
  2. Its fruit
ORIGIN: Perh L pinguis fat; confused with penguin1
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