| 释义 |
pimlico2|ˈpɪmlɪkəʊ|
[Echoic, from the cry of the bird.]
†a. Variant of pemblico. Obs.
b. The Australian friar-bird: see friar n. 6.
1848J. Gould Birds Australia IV. pl. 58 From the fancied resemblance of its notes to these words, it has obtained from the Colonists the various names of ‘Poor Soldier’, ‘Pimlico’, ‘Four o'clock’, etc. |