Robin

['rɑbɪn]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen.

(noun.) small Old World songbird with a reddish breast.

編輯:奥斯本--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; -- called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock.

(n.) An American singing bird (Merula migratoria), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also robin redbreast, and migratory thrush.

(n.) Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the genera Petroica, Melanadrays, and allied genera; as, the scarlet-breasted robin (Petroica mullticolor).

(n.) Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins. See Indian robin, below.

手打:莫尔

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. [England.] Ruddock, robinet, robin-redbreast (Erythaca rubecula or Motacilla rubecula).[2]. [U. S.] Robin-redbreast, migratory thrush (Turdus migratorius).

編輯:朱尔斯

解釋/意思:

n. the Rob′in-red′breast a well-known and widely-spread singing bird of the family Sylviid with a reddish-orange breast: the red-breasted thrush of North America: the sea-robin or red-breasted merganser: a trimming in front of a dress.—ns. Rob′in-breast the robin-snipe; Rob′in-dip′per the buffle-headed duck; Rob′inet a chaffinch: a little robin: a tap; Rob′in-Good′fellow the English name of a domestic spirit or brownie described as the offspring of a woman and Oberon king of the fairies: an elf or fairy generally Puck; Rob′in-run-in-the-hedge the ground-ivy: the bed-straw; Rob′in-snipe the red-breasted sandpiper; Rob′in's-rye the hair-cap moss.

校對:菲利斯