| 释义 |
sprosser|ˈsprɒsə(r)|
[a. Ger.]
The thrush-nightingale, Luscinia luscinia, of the family Turdidæ, found in eastern Europe and Asia.
1871Newton & Saunders Yarrell's Hist. Brit. Birds (ed. 4) I. 320 A second species of Nightingale occurs..long known to German bird-fanciers as the sprosser. 1912Baxter & Rintoul Rep. Scott. Ornithol. 1911 3 Curiously enough, both the Common Nightingale..and the Northern Nightingale or Sprosser..were added in spring to the Scottish list. 1954D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles III. 304 This [sc. the thrush-nightingale] is the ‘sprosser’ of Germany, inhabiting the same type of cover as its better known relative. |