单词 | phip |
释义 | † phipn.int. Obsolete (rare after 16th cent.). A name for a sparrow. Also: the chirp of a sparrow. Hence as int. Cf. Philip n. 2.It is unclear whether quot. 1885 provides genuine evidence of use in modern English. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Ploceinae (weaver) > genus Passer > passer domesticus (sparrow) sparrowc725 phipc1400 Philipa1500 house sparrow1653 spug1808 sprug1815 spruggie1845 spurgie1849 spadger1862 spur1866 spuggy1874 spurg1882 gutter-bird1896 sparrer1935 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xi. 41 ‘Ȝee, farewel phippe [v.r. fipp; c1400 C text fyppe],’ quod fauntelte. a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. A.v And whan I sayd, Phyp, Phyp Than he wold lepe and skyp. 1573 G. Gascoigne In Prayse of Phillip in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres sig. Oiiiiv As if you say but fend cut phippe, Lord how the peat will turne and skippe. 1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie iii. iv. (song) To whit to whoo, the Owle does cry, Phip, phip, the sparrowes as they fly. 1885 C. Swainson Provincial Names Brit. Birds 29 Hedge sparrow... From its short piping note it is called..Philip or Phip. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.int.c1400 |
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