英语词汇“cormorant”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	cormorant
释义	Trends of cormorant View usage for: cormorant (kɔːʳmərənt) Word forms: plural cormorants countable noun A cormorant is a type of dark-coloured bird with a long neck. Cormorants usually live near the sea and eat fish. cormorant in British English (ˈkɔːmərənt) noun any aquatic bird of the family Phalacrocoracidae, of coastal and inland waters, having a dark plumage, a long neck and body, and a slender hooked beak: order Pelecaniformes (pelicans, etc) Word origin C13: from Old French cormareng, from corp raven, from Latin corvus + -mareng of the sea, from Latin mare sea cormorant in American English (ˈkɔrmərənt) noun 1. any of a family (Phalacrocoracidae) of large, voracious, pelecaniform diving birds with webbed toes and a hooked beak 2. a greedy person Word origin ME cormoraunt < OFr cormareng < corp marenc < L corvus marinus < corvus, raven1 + marinus, marine Image of cormorant © Eric Isselee, shutterstock Examples of 'cormorant' in a sentence cormorant Bessie Higgins stood dripping on the doorstep like a cormorant flapping wings on a rock. Meek, M R D IN REMEMBRANCE OF ROSE Sighing, the priest turned to gaze across the lake, where a solitary cormorant was working. Aldiss, Brian SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE But now she dived into the water with scarcely a cormorant 's splash and came up alongside Noll who greeted her with a joyous laugh. Ruell, Patrick THE ONLY GAME Word lists with cormorant sea bird
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