white-throatedadj.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪtθrəʊtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪtˌθroʊdəd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., throated adj.

Etymology: < white adj. + throated adj.

Having a white throat. Frequently in names of birds and other animals. Cf. whitethroat n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > streaked or marked with white > having white throat

white-throated1678

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of neck > having particular colour or marking on neck

white-throated1678

red-throated1743

ring-necked1750

blue-throated1764

red-necked1766

1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts iii. 73/2 Of reddish [foxes], are two kinds, one with black, and white throats, as if besprinkled with ashes. The other white-throated [L. candidum], which is rarer.

1771 J. R. Forster Catal. Animals N. Amer. 12 Finch... White-throated.

1792 J. S. Barr tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. IX. 249 The second, which we have called the white-throated Sai,..has white hair on the breast, neck, and round the ears and cheeks.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. ii. xviii. 31 A white-throated stoat..had run across the path.

1884 R. A. Sterndale Nat. Hist. Mammalia India & Ceylon 134 Both the English badger and M. leucurus are black throated; this one [sc. the tibetan badger] is white throated.

1894 A. Conan Doyle Parasite (2010) i. 15 By this time all the company had gathered round us in a circle, the shirt-fronted men, and the white-throated women.

1968 D. Fleay Nightwatchmen 153 The White-throated Nightjar and its allies represent the ultimate in clever camouflage or ‘invisibility’.

2005 Times 21 May (Travel section) 6 Sighting have been made of the extremely rare white-throated rail.

Compounds

white-throated sparrow n. a fairly large North American sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis (family Emberizidae), which has a white throat and a crown striped with either white or tan; also called Peabody.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Zonotrichia

white-throated sparrow1760

whitethroat sparrow1791

Peabody bird1856

whitethroata1862

1760 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. II. xciv. 198/1 The White-Throated Sparrow, and the Yellow Butterfly, Are both figured of the size of life.

1865 E. A. Samuels in Rep. Comm. Agric. 1864 (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 422 White-throated Sparrow—Peabody Bird—Wheat Bird... This beautiful sparrow arrives in Massachusetts by the first week in April.

2004 Bird Watch Canada Winter 15/1 Others, such as the American Redstart, White-throated Sparrow, and Magnolia Warbler, are regularly banded here—the northwestern extreme of their range.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white-throated
释义	white-throatedadj. Brit. /ˈwʌɪtθrəʊtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪtˌθroʊdəd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., throated adj. Etymology: < white adj. + throated adj. Having a white throat. Frequently in names of birds and other animals. Cf. whitethroat n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > streaked or marked with white > having white throat white-throated1678 the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of neck > having particular colour or marking on neck white-throated1678 red-throated1743 ring-necked1750 blue-throated1764 red-necked1766 1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts iii. 73/2 Of reddish [foxes], are two kinds, one with black, and white throats, as if besprinkled with ashes. The other white-throated [L. candidum], which is rarer. 1771 J. R. Forster Catal. Animals N. Amer. 12 Finch... White-throated. 1792 J. S. Barr tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. IX. 249 The second, which we have called the white-throated Sai,..has white hair on the breast, neck, and round the ears and cheeks. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. ii. xviii. 31 A white-throated stoat..had run across the path. 1884 R. A. Sterndale Nat. Hist. Mammalia India & Ceylon 134 Both the English badger and M. leucurus are black throated; this one [sc. the tibetan badger] is white throated. 1894 A. Conan Doyle Parasite (2010) i. 15 By this time all the company had gathered round us in a circle, the shirt-fronted men, and the white-throated women. 1968 D. Fleay Nightwatchmen 153 The White-throated Nightjar and its allies represent the ultimate in clever camouflage or ‘invisibility’. 2005 Times 21 May (Travel section) 6 Sighting have been made of the extremely rare white-throated rail. Compounds white-throated sparrow n. a fairly large North American sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis (family Emberizidae), which has a white throat and a crown striped with either white or tan; also called Peabody. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Zonotrichia white-throated sparrow1760 whitethroat sparrow1791 Peabody bird1856 whitethroata1862 1760 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. II. xciv. 198/1 The White-Throated Sparrow, and the Yellow Butterfly, Are both figured of the size of life. 1865 E. A. Samuels in Rep. Comm. Agric. 1864 (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 422 White-throated Sparrow—Peabody Bird—Wheat Bird... This beautiful sparrow arrives in Massachusetts by the first week in April. 2004 Bird Watch Canada Winter 15/1 Others, such as the American Redstart, White-throated Sparrow, and Magnolia Warbler, are regularly banded here—the northwestern extreme of their range. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1678
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