英语词汇“aasvogel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

aasvogel

释义

‖ aasvogel|ˈɑːsfəʊgəl|
Also aasvoël.
[S. African Du., f. aas carrion (cf. ees) + vogel bird, fowl n.; Afrikaans aasvoël.]
A South African vulture, esp. Gyps kolbii.
1838W. C. Harris Exped. S. Afr. xix. 186 note, Vultus Fulvus, and Vultus Auricularis: White and Black Aasvogel of the Cape Colonist.1887Rider Haggard Jess xxvi, They would not be found till the aasvögels had picked them clean.1903Kipling Five Nations 94 Well the keen aas-vogels know it.1910J. Buchan Prester John iv. 73, I thought it was an aasvogel, but another thought it was a baboon.1924R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin vi. 90 Great aasvogels, like beetles on a pond, Veered in slow circles.1939S. Cloete Watch for Dawn xii. 154 ‘What are you looking for up there?’.. ‘Aasvȯels, brother. Where there is death there are vultures.’

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