英语词汇“fairy wren”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

fairy wren n. (a) (in Manx folklore) the wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, as the form said to have been taken by a magical siren-like fairy, and which was traditionally hunted on a particular day, usually 26 December; cf. wren-hunting n. at wren n.¹ Compounds 2a(a); (b) any of several small songbirds of the family Maluridae, of Australia and New Guinea, with long cocked tails and frequently with bright blue coloration in the male (also with distinguishing word).

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a1825 E. A. Franklin in Ann. Biogr. & Obituary (1826) 10 357 This day..Must every year behold agen, On these bleak shores the fairy-wren, While hundreds scour each barren heath To work one helpless creature's death.

1894 C. Aldrich First Biennial Rep. Hist. Dept. Iowa 83 Malurus longicaudatus... Long-tailed fairy wren.

1941 Argus (Melbourne) 30 Jan. 8/6 The fairy wren, the dainty sprite, Whose beauty fills me with delight.

1997 E. A. Lawrence Hunting Wren iv. 105 The strong tradition of the ‘Fairy-Wren’ on the Isle of Man and the revenge taken against her each year.

2009 Sunday Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 22 Nov. 38 See the sapphire flash of a fairy wren, small and surprising like the native orchids that arrive in the spring.

单词	fairy wren
释义	> as lemmas fairy wren fairy wren n. (a) (in Manx folklore) the wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, as the form said to have been taken by a magical siren-like fairy, and which was traditionally hunted on a particular day, usually 26 December; cf. wren-hunting n. at wren n.¹ Compounds 2a(a); (b) any of several small songbirds of the family Maluridae, of Australia and New Guinea, with long cocked tails and frequently with bright blue coloration in the male (also with distinguishing word). ΚΠ a1825 E. A. Franklin in Ann. Biogr. & Obituary (1826) 10 357 This day..Must every year behold agen, On these bleak shores the fairy-wren, While hundreds scour each barren heath To work one helpless creature's death. 1894 C. Aldrich First Biennial Rep. Hist. Dept. Iowa 83 Malurus longicaudatus... Long-tailed fairy wren. 1941 Argus (Melbourne) 30 Jan. 8/6 The fairy wren, the dainty sprite, Whose beauty fills me with delight. 1997 E. A. Lawrence Hunting Wren iv. 105 The strong tradition of the ‘Fairy-Wren’ on the Isle of Man and the revenge taken against her each year. 2009 Sunday Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 22 Nov. 38 See the sapphire flash of a fairy wren, small and surprising like the native orchids that arrive in the spring. extracted from fairyn.adj. < as lemmas
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