| 释义 |
tinktinkie S. Afr.|tɪŋkˈtɪŋkɪ|
[Afrikaans.]
= tinker-bird s.v. tinker n. 5.
1874[see bushman, Bushman 3]. 1908F. C. Slater Sunburnt South 186 The little mouse-coloured tinktinkie..is a most mischievous little creature. 1956A. G. McRae Hill called Grazing iii. 24 Big birds and small birds, from huge vultures..to the tiniest tink-tinkies piping their thin little reeds of song. |