Wagtail
[wægteil]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks.
克莱德編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Any one of many species of Old World singing birds belonging to Motacilla and several allied genera of the family Motacillidae. They have the habit of constantly jerking their long tails up and down, whence the name.
黛朵錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Goosander, dun-diver, dish-washer (Mergus merganser or Mergus castor).[2]. Bird of the genus Motacilla.
希尔达整理
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To see a wagtail in a dream, foretells that you will be the victim of unpleasant gossip, and your affairs will develop unmistakable loss.
手打:利奥波德
例句/造句/用法:
- Look at the water wagtail, she said and pointed to the gray ball of a bird that was bobbing up and down on a stone up the stream. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I have two water-wagtails, carved in wood, and painted--perhaps you have seen it? 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- That is hers, those two wagtails in Hermione's boudoir--you've seen them--they are carved in wood and painted. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The hens were pecking round it, some chickens were balanced on the drinking trough, wagtails flew away in among trucks, from the water. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
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