yellow-belliedadj.

Brit.

/ˌjɛlə(ʊ)ˈbɛlɪd/,

/ˈjɛlə(ʊ)ˌbɛlɪd/, U.S.

/ˈjɛloʊˌbɛlid/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yellow adj., bellied adj.

Etymology: < yellow adj. + bellied adj.

1. Having a yellow belly or underparts. Frequently in names of animals. Cf. yellowbelly n. II.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] > having particular or same colour feathers > on particular part

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white-breasted1625

yellow-bellied1674

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white-fronted1729

blue-backed1752

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black-bellied1764

red-backed1766

black-fronted1771

red-fronted1781

blue-collared1788

rose-breasted1801

1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 111 The Eal is of two sorts, salt-water Eals and fresh-water Eals; these again are distinguished into yellow bellied Eals and silver bellied Eals.

1676 Descr. New-Eng. in Epitome of Speed's Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. 222 Of Noxious Creatures the chief is the Rattle Snake, being generally a yard and a half long, thick in the middle, yellow bellied.

1709 T. Robinson Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland x. 60 The Male is grey, the Female yellow-bellied.

1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. 42 Yellow-bellied Thrush..the under parts of the body of a pale rusty yellow.

1856 Canad. Naturalist & Geologist 1 184 The Yellow-bellied Woodpecker..bores a hole in a tree and lays its four or five white eggs in the cavity upon the bare wood.

1869 S. R. Hole Bk. Roses 263 That yellow-bellied abomination, the grub which produces the saw-fly, in this month attacks the Rose.

1881 Baily's Monthly Mag. Mar. 22 The yellow-bellied whale (Sibbaldius sulphureus, Cope) is the largest of all whales.

1909 R. Kipling Actions & Reactions 140 Yellow-bellied ore-flats..punted down leisurely out of the north.

1936 Discovery Oct. 307/2 There are many varieties of flying phalanger, the yellow-bellied 25 inches in length with a bushy tail an inch longer than the body.

1976 D. Blood Rocky Mountain Wildlife i. ii. 108 The more yellowish and slightly smaller yellowbellied marmot occurs from the southern interior of British Columbia and extreme southwestern Alberta to northern New Mexico.

2013 Ireland's Own 12 Apr. 48/2 Poison ivy berries can kill humans and animals, but the yellow-bellied sapsucker can feed on them—with no ill-effect!

2. colloquial (originally U.S.).

†a. As a general term of abuse: contemptible, low, mean. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible

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1833 Vermont Patriot & State Gaz. 16 Dec. In Swift there is just as much Antimasonry as in Prentiss... They are both true blue skined [sic] yellow bellied federalists.

1842 Jonesborough (Tennessee) Whig 6 Apr. The Texians will give these ‘yellow bellied’ Spaniards a warm reception.

1878 Boys of Eng. 1 Mar. 234/1 [Addressing a Frenchman] Let go, there, you yellow-bellied, frog-eating snipe; let go!

1899 Portsmouth (New Hampsh.) Herald 21 Jan. We went to war to lick the Spaniards... The feeling at the bottom of our hearts was that we would like to lick those yellow-bellied devils.

b. Lacking in courage; cowardly. Cf. yellow adj. 3b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective]

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chickenshit1940

cold-footed1944

1907 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 26 May 26/3 The Welshman's wife yelled at him continually: ‘Ben, if you let that yellow-bellied Mick whip you, I will sure get a divorce.’

1920 J. A. Dunn Man to his Mate xvii. 324 Lund turned to the two hunters, who had stood apart. ‘Wal, you yellow-bellied neutrals,’ he said... ‘Thought I might lose, and hoped so, didn't you?’

1943 J. Mitchell McSorley's Wonderful Saloon (1946) i. 24 You yellow-bellied jerk.

1979 ‘M. Hebden’ Pel & Faceless Corpse vi. 58 I'm..a yellow-bellied, lily-livered coward.

2013 Irish Times 20 Aug. 6/1 He has been ordered..to pay a £200 fine..to Keith Kirk, whom he admits he called ‘a yellow-bellied bastard’.

Compounds

yellow-bellied flycatcher n. chiefly North American a small tyrant flycatcher with olive-green upperparts and yellow underparts, Empidonax flaviventris, which breeds in bogs and coniferous forests of Canada and the United States, and migrates to southern Mexico and Central America in the winter.Also called yellow belly.

ΚΠ

1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. i. 359 Muscicapa Cayanensis... Yellow-bellied fl [ycatcher] .

1879 Bull. Nuttall Ornithol. Club 4 241 During a collecting trip made the past season..I had the good fortune to obtain two nests of the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.

2010 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 27 Sept. 10 Hundreds of excited birdwatchers have flocked to Norfolk to catch a glimpse of a yellow-bellied flycatcher, which has been seen in Europe for the first time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	yellow-bellied
释义	yellow-belliedadj. Brit. /ˌjɛlə(ʊ)ˈbɛlɪd/, /ˈjɛlə(ʊ)ˌbɛlɪd/, U.S. /ˈjɛloʊˌbɛlid/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yellow adj., bellied adj. Etymology: < yellow adj. + bellied adj. 1. Having a yellow belly or underparts. Frequently in names of animals. Cf. yellowbelly n. II. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] > having particular or same colour feathers > on particular part red-breasted1609 white-breasted1625 yellow-bellied1674 strawberry-breasted1688 white-fronted1729 blue-backed1752 blue-bellied1753 black-bellied1764 red-backed1766 black-fronted1771 red-fronted1781 blue-collared1788 rose-breasted1801 1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 111 The Eal is of two sorts, salt-water Eals and fresh-water Eals; these again are distinguished into yellow bellied Eals and silver bellied Eals. 1676 Descr. New-Eng. in Epitome of Speed's Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. 222 Of Noxious Creatures the chief is the Rattle Snake, being generally a yard and a half long, thick in the middle, yellow bellied. 1709 T. Robinson Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland x. 60 The Male is grey, the Female yellow-bellied. 1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. 42 Yellow-bellied Thrush..the under parts of the body of a pale rusty yellow. 1856 Canad. Naturalist & Geologist 1 184 The Yellow-bellied Woodpecker..bores a hole in a tree and lays its four or five white eggs in the cavity upon the bare wood. 1869 S. R. Hole Bk. Roses 263 That yellow-bellied abomination, the grub which produces the saw-fly, in this month attacks the Rose. 1881 Baily's Monthly Mag. Mar. 22 The yellow-bellied whale (Sibbaldius sulphureus, Cope) is the largest of all whales. 1909 R. Kipling Actions & Reactions 140 Yellow-bellied ore-flats..punted down leisurely out of the north. 1936 Discovery Oct. 307/2 There are many varieties of flying phalanger, the yellow-bellied 25 inches in length with a bushy tail an inch longer than the body. 1976 D. Blood Rocky Mountain Wildlife i. ii. 108 The more yellowish and slightly smaller yellowbellied marmot occurs from the southern interior of British Columbia and extreme southwestern Alberta to northern New Mexico. 2013 Ireland's Own 12 Apr. 48/2 Poison ivy berries can kill humans and animals, but the yellow-bellied sapsucker can feed on them—with no ill-effect! 2. colloquial (originally U.S.). †a. As a general term of abuse: contemptible, low, mean. Obsolete. 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In Swift there is just as much Antimasonry as in Prentiss... They are both true blue skined [sic] yellow bellied federalists. 1842 Jonesborough (Tennessee) Whig 6 Apr. The Texians will give these ‘yellow bellied’ Spaniards a warm reception. 1878 Boys of Eng. 1 Mar. 234/1 [Addressing a Frenchman] Let go, there, you yellow-bellied, frog-eating snipe; let go! 1899 Portsmouth (New Hampsh.) Herald 21 Jan. We went to war to lick the Spaniards... The feeling at the bottom of our hearts was that we would like to lick those yellow-bellied devils. b. Lacking in courage; cowardly. Cf. yellow adj. 3b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] arghc885 heartlessOE bloodlessc1225 coward1297 faintc1300 nesha1382 comfortless1387 pusillanimousa1425 faint-heartedc1440 unheartyc1440 cowardous1480 hen-hearteda1529 cowardish1530 feigningc1540 white-livered1546 cowardly1551 faceless1567 pusillanime1570 liver-hearted1571 cowish1579 cowardise1582 coward-like1587 faint-heart1590 courageless1593 sheep-like1596 white-hearted1598 milky1602 milk-livered1608 undaring1611 lily-livereda1616 yarrow1616 flightful1626 chicken-hearted1629 poltroon1649 cow-hearted1660 whey-blooded1675 unbravea1681 nimble-heeled1719 dunghill1775 shrimp-hearted1796 chicken-livered1804 white-feathered1816 pluckless1821 chicken-spirited1822 milk-blooded1822 cowardy1836 yellow1856 yellow-livered1857 putty-hearted1872 uncourageous1878 chicken1883 piker1901 yellow-bellied1907 manso1932 scaredy-cat1933 chickenshit1940 cold-footed1944 1907 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 26 May 26/3 The Welshman's wife yelled at him continually: ‘Ben, if you let that yellow-bellied Mick whip you, I will sure get a divorce.’ 1920 J. A. Dunn Man to his Mate xvii. 324 Lund turned to the two hunters, who had stood apart. ‘Wal, you yellow-bellied neutrals,’ he said... ‘Thought I might lose, and hoped so, didn't you?’ 1943 J. Mitchell McSorley's Wonderful Saloon (1946) i. 24 You yellow-bellied jerk. 1979 ‘M. Hebden’ Pel & Faceless Corpse vi. 58 I'm..a yellow-bellied, lily-livered coward. 2013 Irish Times 20 Aug. 6/1 He has been ordered..to pay a £200 fine..to Keith Kirk, whom he admits he called ‘a yellow-bellied bastard’. Compounds yellow-bellied flycatcher n. chiefly North American a small tyrant flycatcher with olive-green upperparts and yellow underparts, Empidonax flaviventris, which breeds in bogs and coniferous forests of Canada and the United States, and migrates to southern Mexico and Central America in the winter.Also called yellow belly. ΚΠ 1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. i. 359 Muscicapa Cayanensis... Yellow-bellied fl [ycatcher] . 1879 Bull. Nuttall Ornithol. Club 4 241 During a collecting trip made the past season..I had the good fortune to obtain two nests of the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 2010 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 27 Sept. 10 Hundreds of excited birdwatchers have flocked to Norfolk to catch a glimpse of a yellow-bellied flycatcher, which has been seen in Europe for the first time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1674
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