| 单词 | thick-knee |
| 释义 | thick-knee in British Englishnoun another name for stone curlew Word origin C19: so called because it has thick knee jointsstone curlew in British Englishnoun any of several brownish shore birds of the family Burhinidae, esp Burhinus oedicnemus, having a large head and eyes: order Charadriiformes Also called: thick-knee Word origin C17: so called because it is found in stony habitats and resembles a curlewthick-knee in American English (ˈθɪkˌni) noun any of several crepuscular or nocturnal wading birds of the family Burhinidae, of the Old World and tropical America, having a thickened joint between the femoral and tibiotarsal bones Also called: stone curlew Word origin [1810–20]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cleavage, keyboard, liberalism, triangulation, voodoo |
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