單詞
nightjar
英 ['na?td?ɑ?]
美['na?td?ɑr]
基本信息
- n. 歐夜鷹；蚊母鷹
中文詞源
nightjar 夜鷹
night,夜晚，jar,擬聲詞，刺耳的聲音。用來指一種夜間發(fā)出嚎叫的鷹。
英文詞源
- nightjar (n.)
- nocturnal bird, goatsucker, 1620s, from night + jar (v.). So called for the "jarring" sounds made by the male when the female is brooding, which have been described as a "churring trill that seems to change direction as it rises and falls." An Old English word for it was nihthr?fn "night raven."
雙語例句
- 1. A nightjar in deep - leaved shadow called three long notes and hushed.
- 一只歐夜鷹在密密的樹葉間發(fā)出三聲長啼,旋即靜默無聲.
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