单词 | sweet-sweet |
释义 | sweet-sweetn. An imitation of the musical chirp of a bird (with suggestion of sweet adj.): cf. sweet v.2 Often addressed to pet cage-birds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [interjection] > imitation of call of bird cockc1405 jug, jug1523 pewewea1525 te-whita1529 twit1602 sweet-sweet1606 weet-weet1808 weet1863 whee-oh1892 spink1898 tweet1992 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 35 A Sparrows head he shall (even flying) split: And in the aire shall make the Swallow cease His sweet-sweet note, and slycing nimblenes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2017). < n.1606 |
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