单词 | hummingbird |
释义 | hummingbird /hum"ing berrd'/, n. a very small nectar-sipping New World bird of the family Trochilidae, characterized by the brilliant, iridescent plumage of the male, a slender bill, and narrow wings, the extremely rapid beating of which produces a humming sound: noted for their ability to hover and to fly upward, downward, and backward in a horizontal position. [1625-35, Amer.; HUMMING + BIRD] |
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