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单词 swish-tail
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swish-tail
swish-tail n.
Brit. /ˈswɪʃteɪl/
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U.S. /ˈswɪʃˌteɪl/
(a) slang a pheasant; (b) a long flowing tail which can be swished about (earlier switch n. tail); also attributive.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [noun] > tail > long flowing tail
whisk tail1675
swing-tail1683
sweep tail1686
switch tail1689
swish-tail1796
swish1844
whiptail1887
the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > genus Phasianus > phasianus colchicus (pheasant)
pheasantc1299
ring pheasant1777
swish-tail1796
ring-neck1825
Colchian pheasant1862
Mongolian pheasant1903
Mongolian1909
Kyrgyz pheasant1922
1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Swish Tail, a pheasant; so called by the persons who sell game for the poachers.
1826 Sporting Mag. 18 431 [He] had four swishtail greys, but not of the right cut.
1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows I. iii. 62 His swish tail ain't long enough.
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