| 单词 | shearwater |
| 释义 | shearwater[ sheer-waw-ter, -wot-er ] / ˈʃɪərˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər / nounany of several long-winged petrels of the genus Puffinus that appear to shear the water with their wing tips when flying low. Origin of shearwaterFirst recorded in 1665–75; shear + water Words nearby shearwatershear strain, shear strength, shear stress, shear stud, shear transformation, shearwater, shear wave, shear zone, sheatfish, sheath, sheathbill Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shearwater
British Dictionary definitions for shearwatershearwater / (ˈʃɪəˌwɔːtə) / nounany of several oceanic birds of the genera Puffinus, such as P. puffinus (Manx shearwater), Procellaria, etc, specialized for an aerial or aquatic existence: family Procellariidae, order Procellariiformes (petrels) Word Origin for shearwaterC17: so named because their wings seem to clip the waves when they are flying low 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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