英语词汇“go-away bird”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

In full go-away bird. Any of three African turacos of the genus Corythaixoides, which have distinctive loud alarm calls; esp. the all-grey C. concolor of southern Africa (also called grey loerie).

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go-away bird1881

alarm bird1940

1881 E. E. Frewer tr. E. Holub Seven Years S. Afr. I. 289 A great grey lory, that from its cry is called the ‘go-away’ by the English [Ger. Go-away von den Engländern..genannt], whilst by the Boers it is known as the ‘grote Mausevogel’.

1906 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 214/2 A pair of gray crested parrots, or ‘go-away birds’, as they are called.

1940 V. Pohl Bushveld Adventures vii. 155 The popular belief that the ‘Go-away’ or ‘Alarm birds’ scare off game.

1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 843/2 The characteristic call of Corythaixoides spp. is a nasal ‘gwaaa’, hence the name of ‘go-away-bird’.

2005 E. Dinerstein Tigerland vi. 181 Creation's closet was clearly cleaned out of vibrant plumage by the time the go-away arrived.

单词	go-away bird
释义	> as lemmas go-away bird In full go-away bird. Any of three African turacos of the genus Corythaixoides, which have distinctive loud alarm calls; esp. the all-grey C. concolor of southern Africa (also called grey loerie). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Musophagidae (turaco) > genus Corythaixodes (go-away bird) go-away bird1881 alarm bird1940 1881 E. E. Frewer tr. E. Holub Seven Years S. Afr. I. 289 A great grey lory, that from its cry is called the ‘go-away’ by the English [Ger. Go-away von den Engländern..genannt], whilst by the Boers it is known as the ‘grote Mausevogel’. 1906 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 214/2 A pair of gray crested parrots, or ‘go-away birds’, as they are called. 1940 V. Pohl Bushveld Adventures vii. 155 The popular belief that the ‘Go-away’ or ‘Alarm birds’ scare off game. 1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 843/2 The characteristic call of Corythaixoides spp. is a nasal ‘gwaaa’, hence the name of ‘go-away-bird’. 2005 E. Dinerstein Tigerland vi. 181 Creation's closet was clearly cleaned out of vibrant plumage by the time the go-away arrived. extracted from go-awayn. < as lemmas
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