单词 | red-capped |
释义 | red-cappedadj. 1. Chiefly in the names of birds, monkeys, etc.: having red plumage or fur on the crown. See also Compounds.In quot. 1648: having a red top to the head. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having bird's head > of particular colour red-headed1556 white-crowned1605 red-capped1648 redhead1738 blue-headed1743 grey-headed1747 black-capped1751 ruby-crowned1758 ruby-headed1811 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides 137 With the Red-capt worme, that's shut Within the concave of a Nut. ?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. VII. 149 (heading) The red-capped grosbeak. 1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. VI. Pl. 17 The Red-capped Dottrel is universally dispersed over every part of the sea~shores of Australia that I have visited. 1889 Overland Monthly July 86/1 A red-capped, red-throated linnet tilts and poises on another wind-shaken bough. 1933 Amer. Midland Naturalist 14 509 Six..members of the woodpecker family were found about the caves.., among them the two red-capped black and white ones. 1971 Ecol. Monogr. 41 217/1 Red-capped manakins (Pipra mentalis) were by far the most abundant species in the Panama forest study area. 2006 V. Angellis Zoologica 8 (caption) Red-capped mangabeys play around on logs. 2. That wears or is wearing a red cap or hat. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing headgear > wearing a cap > types of cauled1393 coifed1520 biggined1607 night-capped1607 blue-bonneted1648 black-capped1658 red-capped1663 thrum-capped1708 white-capped1751 fool's-capped1849 calpacked1852 mob-capped1854 pileated1856 bearskinned1857 fezzed1864 tam-o'-shantered1894 cloth-capped1935 1663 J. Howell Poems 21 Spain & Redcapt France a League here strike. 1791 C. Plowden Answer 2nd Blue Bk. 135 Red-capped cardinals and purple-booted prelates [would] rule the provinces of Britain. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 107 The poet is describing a combat between Gama and the red-capped Caffres of Africa. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. 64 Sailors in dark blue jerseys, and red capped. 1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius ix. 147 A party of red-capped tars were..swabbing the forward deck. 1947 Mod. Law Rev. 10 302 There is more respect for the blue policeman than there is for his red-capped ally. 1991 Texas Monthly Nov. 207/2 The tiny kitchen here has at least five red-capped cooks chopping and wokking awesomely sized portions. 2008 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 9 Feb. (Travel section) 26 Tales of druids and red-capped fairies dancing among the trees. Compounds red-capped lark n. a lark with an orange-brown crown, Calandrella cinerea, found chiefly in southern Africa. ΚΠ ?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. VIII. 313 The Red-capped Lark... This species inhabits the deserts of Africa. 1957 G. R. McLachlan & R. Liversidge Roberts' Birds S. Afr. 259 Red-capped Lark... In all races the distinct rufous cap and patches at side of breast are diagnostic. 1982 Ecol. Monogr. 52 124/1 The three individual species (Red-capped Lark, Wing-snapping/Zitting Cisticolas, and Rufous-naped Lark)..are apparently responding independently to habitat factors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1648 |
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