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

A migratory sandpiper, Philomachus pugnax (family Scolopacidae), which breeds in northern Eurasia; spec. the male of this, which in the breeding season has a colourful neck ruff and ear tufts used in courtship display. Also ruff bird. Cf. reeve n.³

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c1605 in Archaeologia (1800) 13 341 Bayninge. Ruffe. Plover.

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia iv. iii. 83 Fowling may be for the Bittour, Curlewe.., Redshank, Ruffe or Reue.

1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant i. i. 14 I have a delicate dish of Ruffs to dinner.

1741 Family Mag. i. 5 A Ruffe, Is one of the strangest Fowls that is; for you shall see a hundred of them together; and not one of them like the other.

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 475 We call the male the ruff and the female the reeve.

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 123 The males, or Ruffes, assume such variety of colors, that it is scarce possible to see two alike.

1839 W. B. Stonehouse Hist. Isle of Axholme 66 Those very curious and beautiful birds, the ruffs, are now seldom to be met with.

1863 Sat. Rev. 284 The extension of drainage has banished the avoset, and the ruff, and the godwit from our eastern marshes.

1899 L. J. Miln Little Folks of Many Lands xix. 303 He knew the haunts and habits of the strange, delicately feathered ruff bird.

1926 Times 8 Feb. 8/2 It is perhaps too much to hope that the bittern will return to nest there, but that the ruff and reeve may do so is not at all unlikely.

1964 Oxf. Bk. Birds 74/1 Ruffs and reeves used to breed in Britain, but now they are mainly passage migrants.

2006 Hormones & Behavior 50 763/1 In the ruff (Philomachus pugnax), male phenotypes differ in territorial behavior and plumage.

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释义	> as lemmas ruff bird A migratory sandpiper, Philomachus pugnax (family Scolopacidae), which breeds in northern Eurasia; spec. the male of this, which in the breeding season has a colourful neck ruff and ear tufts used in courtship display. Also ruff bird. Cf. reeve n.³ ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > philomachus pugnax (ruff) > male ruffc1605 c1605 in Archaeologia (1800) 13 341 Bayninge. Ruffe. Plover. 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia iv. iii. 83 Fowling may be for the Bittour, Curlewe.., Redshank, Ruffe or Reue. 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant i. i. 14 I have a delicate dish of Ruffs to dinner. 1741 Family Mag. i. 5 A Ruffe, Is one of the strangest Fowls that is; for you shall see a hundred of them together; and not one of them like the other. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 475 We call the male the ruff and the female the reeve. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 123 The males, or Ruffes, assume such variety of colors, that it is scarce possible to see two alike. 1839 W. B. Stonehouse Hist. Isle of Axholme 66 Those very curious and beautiful birds, the ruffs, are now seldom to be met with. 1863 Sat. Rev. 284 The extension of drainage has banished the avoset, and the ruff, and the godwit from our eastern marshes. 1899 L. J. Miln Little Folks of Many Lands xix. 303 He knew the haunts and habits of the strange, delicately feathered ruff bird. 1926 Times 8 Feb. 8/2 It is perhaps too much to hope that the bittern will return to nest there, but that the ruff and reeve may do so is not at all unlikely. 1964 Oxf. Bk. Birds 74/1 Ruffs and reeves used to breed in Britain, but now they are mainly passage migrants. 2006 Hormones & Behavior 50 763/1 In the ruff (Philomachus pugnax), male phenotypes differ in territorial behavior and plumage. extracted from ruffn.⁶ < as lemmas
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