英语词汇“penguinery”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

penguinery

释义

penguin¹ /pen(g)ˈgwin/

noun

(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
A former name for the great auk
A training aeroplane that cannot fly (slang)
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

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penguin1 /pen(g)ˈgwin/

penguin¹ /pen(g)ˈgwin/