| 释义 |
▪ I. peent, n. N. Amer.|piːnt|
Also peeent.
[Echoic.]
A representation of the high whistling sound emitted by a woodcock. Also attrib.
1895F. M. Chapman Handbk. Birds of Eastern N. Amer. 153 [The Woodcock] begins on the ground with a formal, periodic peent, peent, an incongrous preparation for the wild flight that follows. 1925E. H. Forbush Birds Massachusetts I. 386 Voice [of woodcock].—A nasal ‘peent’ something like common note of Nighthawk. 1931Sun (Baltimore) 11 Apr. 4/7, I heard a woodcock, ‘peent’ sing, And I saw a hum-bird rise. 1944L. A. Hausman Illustr. Encycl. Amer. Birds 438/2 This song [of the woodcock] is introduced, and concluded, by a series of nasal peeent notes, much like the flying calls of the Nighthawk. 1953Murphy & Amadon Land Birds Amer. iii. 83/1 Both before and after these flights, they [sc. Woodcocks] utter a nasal call, usually written as peent. 1965A. Wetmore et al. Water, Prey, & Game Birds N. Amer. 330/1 The woodcock zigzags rapidly down to earth with chirping notes. He struts across a patch of open ground, sounds his peent notes again, then soars to repeat the aerial act.
▪ II. peent, v. N. Amer.|piːnt|
[f. the n.]
a. intr. To emit a high whistling sound characteristic of a woodcock.
b. trans. To utter by making such a sound. So ˈpeenting vbl. n.
1897F. M. Chapman Bird-Life vii. 103 Unless disturbed, he [sc. the woodcock] will probably return to near the spot from which he started and at once resume his peenting. 1956Peterson & Fisher Wild Amer. v. 56 Over downtown roof-gardens the ‘peenting’ of cruising night⁓hawks can often be heard. 1973M. R. Crowell Greener Pastures 197, I hear a woodcock ‘peenting’ over on apple tree hill. 1976Kingston (Ontario) Whig-Standard 22 Oct. 14/1 Often, shortly after sunset, the male [woodcock] peents a nasal sound. Ibid., Once landed, the peenting resumes. |