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

　

单词	petrel
释义	Trends of petrel View usage for: petrel (petrəl) Word forms: plural petrels countable noun A petrel is a type of sea bird which often flies a long way from land. There are many kinds of petrel. petrel in British English (ˈpɛtrəl) noun any oceanic bird of the order Procellariiformes, having a hooked bill and tubular nostrils: includes albatrosses, storm petrels, and shearwaters See also storm petrel Word origin C17: variant of earlier pitteral, associated by folk etymology with St Peter, because the bird appears to walk on water petrel in American English (ˈpɛtrəl) noun a member of any of three families (esp. Procellariidae) of small, marine tubenose birds with long wings, including storm petrels and shearwaters Word origin earlier pitteral < ? Image of petrel © AndreAnita, shutterstock Examples of 'petrel' in a sentence petrel These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content.Read more… Gulls crawled up the wall of the wind and a jet-skier swept by, spray trailing him like a broken wing, a petrol-driven petrel. Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002) Word lists with petrel sea bird All related terms of 'petrel' giant petrel either of two large white or brownish petrels of the genus Macronectes , of the Antarctic Ocean and adjacent seas storm petrel any small petrel , such as the northern Hydrobates pelagicus, of the family Hydrobatidae, typically having a dark plumage with paler underparts stormy petrel a person who brings or portends trouble pintado petrel a species of seagoing petrel , Daption capensis, with characteristic white wing patches : a common winter visitor off the coasts of southern Africa: family Diomedeidae Wilson's petrel a common storm petrel , Oceanites oceanicus, that breeds around Antarctica but is often seen in the Atlantic grey-faced petrel a dark-coloured New Zealand petrel , Pterodroma macroptera gouldi
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