单词 | head-shake |
释义 | head-shakev. Zoology. intransitive. Of an animal, esp. a bird: to exhibit head-shaking. Cf. head shaking n. 3. ΚΠ 1930 J. Huxley Bird-watching & Bird Behaviour iv. 70 It is doubtless very enjoyable to head-shake together. 1959 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles VIII. 217 Birds already paired together frequently head-shake together. 1971 Behaviour 38 207 Female trunk up, she [sc. an elephant] yawns and headshakes. 1995 Behavioral Ecol. & Sciobiol. 36 195/2 Experienced pairs [of fish] bit.., displayed..and headshook. 2009 J. del Hoyo et al. Handbk. Birds of World I. 182/2 Then the two birds often ‘Head-shake’ together, one in the water and the other on the platform. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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