| 单词 | meadowlark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmeadowlark meadowlark n. (a) = meadow pipit n.; (b) North American any of several ground-dwelling American songbirds of the genus Sturnella (family Icteridae), with a brown streaky back and often yellow and black underparts; esp. the eastern S. magna or the western S. neglecta. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Motacillidae > genus Anthus > anthus pratensis (titlark) titlingc1550 linget1552 lark1602 chit1610 meadowlark1611 cucknel1655 titlark1666 cheeper1684 moss-cheeper1684 old-field lark1805 ling-bird1814 tit-pipit1817 meadow pipit1825 meadow titling1828 furze-lark1854 peep1859 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Sturnella (meadow-lark) marsh quail1750 meadowlark1775 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Alouette de pré, the chit, or small meddow-larke. 1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida 114 Meadow larks, fieldfares, rice birds, &c. are very frequently had. 1863 H. W. Longfellow Poet's Tale xviii, in Tales Wayside Inn 198 Is this more pleasant to you than the whirr Of meadow-lark, and its sweet roundelay? 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 512 The Meadow-Lark of America..is an Icterus. 1948 H. A. Jacobs We chose Country 161 Birds were everywhere, first killdeers, making a din in the fields at dusk, then meadowlarks, caroling in the morning sun. 1969 N. W. Parsons Upon Sagebrush Harp viii. 42 There were many birds, but the meadowlark moved me most. 1989 New Yorker 27 Mar. 75/3 I lay on my back..staring at fluffy clouds and listening to meadowlarks. < as lemmas |
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