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

water pheasant n. †(a) originally and chiefly U.S. any of various ducks thought to resemble a pheasant, esp. a merganser or a pintail (obsolete); (b) the turbot (turbot n. 1) (now historical); (c) the pheasant-tailed jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus, of Asia.

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1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 148 The Water-Pheasant (very improperly call'd so) are a Water-Fowl of the Duck-Kind, having a Topping, of pretty Feathers, which sets them out.

1745 D. Hay tr. L. Lémery Treat. Foods ii. lviii. 298 It [sc. the turbot] is by some called Phasianus aquaticus, the Water-Pheasant, by Reason of the Goodness of its Taste.

1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia vi. 130/2 Water-pheasant.

1815 Sporting Mag. 45 256 A water pheasant, a bird not very common, was shot..near Lewes.

1854 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 13 374 The next closely allied genus is the beautiful Hydrophasianus chirurgus; this elegant bird is known as the Water Pheasant.

1900 F. T. Pollok & W. S. Thom Wild Sports Burma & Assam ii. 34 The water-fowl..are very numerous, but none of them are worth mentioning excepting the water-pheasant.

1986 J. Marchant & T. Prater Shorebirds (2011) 217 Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus... Other name: Water-pheasant.

2004 S. Cochrane & F. Pleijel tr. F. E. Moen Marine Fish & Invertebr. Northern Europe ii. 572 The turbot therefore became known as the ‘water pheasant’, an expression still used in France to this day.

单词	water pheasant
释义	> as lemmas water pheasant water pheasant n. †(a) originally and chiefly U.S. any of various ducks thought to resemble a pheasant, esp. a merganser or a pintail (obsolete); (b) the turbot (turbot n. 1) (now historical); (c) the pheasant-tailed jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus, of Asia. ΚΠ 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 148 The Water-Pheasant (very improperly call'd so) are a Water-Fowl of the Duck-Kind, having a Topping, of pretty Feathers, which sets them out. 1745 D. Hay tr. L. Lémery Treat. Foods ii. lviii. 298 It [sc. the turbot] is by some called Phasianus aquaticus, the Water-Pheasant, by Reason of the Goodness of its Taste. 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia vi. 130/2 Water-pheasant. 1815 Sporting Mag. 45 256 A water pheasant, a bird not very common, was shot..near Lewes. 1854 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 13 374 The next closely allied genus is the beautiful Hydrophasianus chirurgus; this elegant bird is known as the Water Pheasant. 1900 F. T. Pollok & W. S. Thom Wild Sports Burma & Assam ii. 34 The water-fowl..are very numerous, but none of them are worth mentioning excepting the water-pheasant. 1986 J. Marchant & T. Prater Shorebirds (2011) 217 Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus... Other name: Water-pheasant. 2004 S. Cochrane & F. Pleijel tr. F. E. Moen Marine Fish & Invertebr. Northern Europe ii. 572 The turbot therefore became known as the ‘water pheasant’, an expression still used in France to this day. extracted from watern. < as lemmas
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