| 单词 | blackbird |
| 释义 | blackbird[ blak-burd ] / ˈblækˌbɜrd / nouna common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with a yellow bill. any of several American birds of the family Icteridae, having black plumage.Compare crow blackbird, red-winged blackbird, rusty blackbird. any of several other unrelated birds having black plumage in either or both sexes. (formerly) a person, especially a Pacific islander, who was kidnapped and sold into slavery abroad, usually in Australia. verb (used with object)to kidnap (a person), as in blackbirding. verb (used without object)to engage in blackbirding. Origin of blackbirdFirst recorded in 1480–90; earlier blacke bride;see black, bird Words nearby blackbirdblack bile, black-billed cuckoo, black-billed magpie, black bindweed, black birch, blackbird, blackbirder, blackbirding, black blizzard, Black Bloc, blackboard Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for blackbirdBritish Dictionary definitions for blackbirdblackbird / (ˈblækˌbɜːd) / nouna common European thrush, Turdus merula, in which the male has a black plumage and yellow bill and the female is brown any of various American orioles having a dark plumage, esp any of the genus Agelaius history a person, esp a South Sea Islander, who was kidnapped and sold as a slave, esp in Australia verb(tr) (formerly) to kidnap and sell into slavery Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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