| 释义 |
ˈprairie-ˈhen
= prairie-chicken.
1804Lewis & Clark Orig. Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Expedition (1904) I. iv. 181 Capt. Lewis..Saw great numbers of Prarie hens. 1805Pike Sources Mississ. (1810) 44 Killed nothing but five prairie hens, which afforded us this day's subsistence. 1841Catlin N. Amer. Ind. (1844) II. xxxiii. 16 The Prairie Hen is..very much like the English grouse, or heath hen, both in size, colour, and in habits. 1888Trumbull Names Birds 135 note, There is still another pinnated-grouse variety, found in the Southwest, and known in the books as Tympanuchus pallidicinctus, also as Texas Prairie Hen, Lesser Prairie Hen, and Pale Pinnated Grouse. 1909G. Parker Northern Lights 336 A prairie hen rustled by with a shrill cluck. 1933Sun (Baltimore) 15 Apr. 4/2 Dr. Gross considered the advisability of mating the heath hen with a Wisconsin prairie hen. |