释义 |
avadavat Corruption of amadavat, q.v. [The latter is itself a corruption of Ahmadābād, name of a town in Goojerat. Col. Yule.]
[1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 116 In Amidavad small Birds, who..Fifty in a cage, make an admirable Chorus.] 1735E. Albin Nat. Hist. Birds Supp. 72 Amaduvad. 1878Besant & Rice Celia's Arb. I. iii. 34 Avvadavats, Japanese sparrows, lovebirds. |