释义 |
field sparrow in American English US a rust-colored North American sparrow (Spizella pusilla) with a whitish belly and pink bill field sparrow in American Englishnouna common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands Word origin [1800–10, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1800–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: isolate, jumbo, peripheral, pueblo, studio |