单词 | harlequin duck |
释义 | harlequin duck in British Englishnoun a northern sea duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, the male of which has a blue and red plumage with black and white markings harlequin duck in American Englishnoun a small diving duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, of North America and Iceland, the male of which has bluish-gray plumage marked with black, white, and chestnut Word origin [1765–75]This word is first recorded in the period 1765–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backwash, bilateral, mocha, pile driver, statementExamples of 'harlequin duck' in a sentence |
随便看 |
英语词典包含298861条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。