单词 | martin |
释义 | martin /mahr"tn/, n. any of several swallows having a deeply forked tail and long, pointed wings. Cf. house martin, purple martin. [1425-75; late ME (Scots) martoune; presumably generic use of the personal name ( < F < LL Martinus), traditionally by assoc. with March (L Martius), when the bird arrives, and Martinmas, when it leaves; though ME, OF martinet has been applied to a variety of birds; cf. F martin-pêcheur kingfisher] |
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