| 单词 | tor ouzel |
| 释义 | > as lemmastor ouzel b. The ring ouzel, Turdus torquatus (see ring ouzel n.). Also more fully (English regional) crag ouzel, mountain ouzel, rock ouzel, tor ouzel.The earlier quots. under sense 1a may have included this. In the following quots. it is distinguished from the blackbird or otherwise identified. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Turdus (thrush) > turdus torquatus (ring-ouzel) ouzela1525 ring ouzel1673 heath-throstle1676 mountain ouzel1678 rock ouzel1678 amsela1705 tor ouzel1770 ring thrush1785 blackbird1802 Michaelmas blackbird1802 heath-thrush1804 ring blackbird1817 ringed thrush1817 moor blackbird1837 a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 713 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 117 The maviss and ye merle syngis Osillis and stirlingis. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 31 The maueis maid myrtht, for to mok the merle..the lyntquhit sang cuntirpoint quhen the osȝil ȝelpit. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. x. xxiv. 284 Ousles, Throstles, Blackbirds, and Stares,..depart aside from us, but goe not farre. a1705 J. Ray Synopsis Avium & Piscium (1713) i. 65 Merula torquata, The Ring-Ouzel or Amzel. 1768 G. White Let. 8 Oct. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 57 The ousel is larger than a blackbird, and feeds on haws. 1772 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 266 The Royston Crow, and Rock Ouzel, furnish instances of such a regular migration. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 8 Ring ouzel... So called from the white gorget on the bird's breast... Names given to it from the nature of its favourite haunts... Tor ouzel (Devon). Rock, or crag ouzel (Craven)... Mountain ouzel. 1992 Outdoor Action (BNC) Nov. 36 An RSPB survey show..ouzel numbers have crashed by 70% to just 18 pairs. 2001 Scotsman (Nexis) 12 May 17 He said he heard the first ouzel in mid-March, singing at 5 am during a snowstorm. tor ouzel tor ouzel n. local name of a bird, the ring ouzel, Turdus torquatus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Turdus (thrush) > turdus torquatus (ring-ouzel) ouzela1525 ring ouzel1673 heath-throstle1676 mountain ouzel1678 rock ouzel1678 amsela1705 tor ouzel1770 ring thrush1785 blackbird1802 Michaelmas blackbird1802 heath-thrush1804 ring blackbird1817 ringed thrush1817 moor blackbird1837 1770 G. White Let. 14 Sept. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 84 [The ring ousels] breed in great abundance all over the Peak of Derby, and are called there Tor-ousels. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 8 Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)..Tor ouzel (Devon). Rock, or crag ouzel (Craven). < as lemmas |
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