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单词 afric bird
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Afric bird
Afric bird n. Obsolete any of various birds found in Africa; (formerly also figurative) a coward; a person in bright or showy clothes.
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1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Affricke bird, a coward, one in gay cloathes.
1658 G. Swinhoe Trag. Unhappy Fair Irene 7 O that I could but fleet it in the Air a while invisible: I'de fly aloft above her head, until the neighbouring Air Fil'd with the sweet perfumes of her, Like Africk Birds stifl'd me down.
1828 H. A. Lee-Dillon Eccelino da Romano i. 16 The Afric bird Had her rich plumage lent.
1886 J. M. Anderson tr. Horace Second Epode in Latine et Græce 4 97/2 Nor doth the Afric bird [L. Afra avis] more please, Nor the Ionian attagen.
extracted from Africn.adj.
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