英语词汇“plover”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	plover
释义	Trends of plover View usage for: plover (plʌvəʳ) Word forms: plural plovers countable noun A plover is a bird with a rounded body, a short tail, and a short beak that is found by the sea or by lakes. plover in British English (ˈplʌvə) noun 1. any shore bird of the family Charadriidae, typically having a round head, straight bill, and large pointed wings: order Charadriiformes 2. any of similar and related birds, such as the Egyptian plover and the upland plover crocodile bird 3. green plover Word origin C14: from Old French plovier rainbird, from Latin pluvia rain plover in American English (ˈplʌvər; ˈploʊvər) nounWord forms: plural ˈplovers or ˈplover 1. any of a worldwide family (Charadriidae) of shorebirds, having a short tail, long, pointed wings, ashort, stout beak, and, usually, brown or gray feathers 2. any of various similar birds Word origin ME < OFr plovier, lit., rain bird < VL pluviarius < L pluvia, rain (see pluvial): said to be so named because it was believed to cry before a rain Image of plover © FotoRequest, shutterstock Examples of 'plover' in a sentence plover These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content.Read more… Nicholas watched the lone plover for a moment before he said, `What the story tells me is that duty is not only familial. Lustbader, Eric FLOATING CITY (1994) Word lists with plover bird In other languages plover British English: plover NOUN A plover* is a bird with a rounded body, a short tail, and a short beak that is found by the sea or by lakes. American English: plover Brazilian Portuguese: maçarico Chinese: 珩 European Spanish: chorlito French: pluvier German: Regenpfeifer Italian: piviere Japanese: チドリ Korean: 물떼새 European Portuguese: maçarico Latin American Spanish: chorlito Translate your text for free All related terms of 'plover' grey plover a greyish species of plover , Pluvialis squatarola golden plover any of several plovers of the genus Pluvialis, such as P . apricaria of Europe and Asia, that have golden brown back, head, and wings green plover lapwing ringed plover a European shorebird , Charadrius hiaticula , with a greyish-brown back, white underparts with a black throat band , and orange legs : family Charadriidae ( plovers ) upland plover an American sandpiper , Bartramia longicauda, with a short slender bill and long tail Kentish plover Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill little ringed plover a small grey and brown coloured plover which breeds in Europe and Asia and migrates to Africa for winter upland sandpiper a large, short-billed sandpiper ( Bartramia longicauda ) found in the fields and uplands of the interior of North and South America related words collective nouns standwing Nearby words of plover plough plough into something or someone plough through something plover ploy pluck plucky Synonyms of 'plover' plover Explore 'plover' in the dictionary
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