单词 | missel-bird |
释义 | ˈmissel-bird Now dial. Also 7 missle-, 8 mizzel-. [f. missel. Cf. G. mistelfink, Du. mistelvink.] = missel-thrush.
1626Bacon Sylva §556 An Idle Tradition, that there is a Bird, called a Missel-Bird, that feedeth upon a seed which many times shee cannot digest [etc.]. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. vi. 98 One kind of thrush called ἰξοβόρος, the missell thrush or feeder upon misseltoe. 1676Willughby Ornith. ii. xvii. 137 Turdus viscivorus major. The Missel-Bird or Shrite. 1731E. Albin Nat. Hist. Birds 31 The Mizzel-Bird, Turdus Viscivorus. 1768Pennant Brit. Zool. I. 226. 1773 G. White Selborne, To Pennant 9 Nov., The people of Hampshire and Sussex call the Missel-bird the storm⁓cock. 1879G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk. |

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容11:
相关热词搜索:misselbird英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语