| 释义 |
woodhack Obs. (or dial.)|ˈwʊdhæk|
Forms: 5 wodehake, wodake, 6 wo(o)dhacke, 9 woodhack.
[f. wood n.1 + stem of hack v.1 (Cf. notehake, nuthatch.)]
A woodpecker.
c1440Promp. Parv. 531/2 Wodehake, or reyne fowle. c1475Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 763/1 Hic icter, a wodake. a1529Skelton P. Sparowe 418 The woodhacke, that syngeth chur Horsly, as he had the mur. 1530Palsgr. 289/2 Wodhacke a byrde. 1885Swainson Prov. Names Birds 100 Green woodpecker (Gecinus viridis)..Wood hack (Lincoln).
So † ˈwoodˌhacker (rare).
1548Thomas Ital. Dict. (1550), Picchio, a woodhacker or a woodwall. |