英语词汇“egret”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

egret

/ˈiːɡrɪt

/ /ˈɛːɡrɪt/

noun

A heron with mainly white plumage, having long plumes in the breeding season.

The island also attracts a variety of wading birds such as herons and egrets and many songbirds....

The result is the area has become a wildlife sanctuary with otters returning, and residents including white egrets, herons, kestrels and dozens of wild flowers.
Despite the setting, we didn't see any waterfowl or shorebirds - no herons or egrets, no ducks or geese.

Middle English: from Old French aigrette, from Provençal aigreta, from the Germanic base of heron.

单词	egret
释义	egret /ˈiːɡrɪt / /ˈɛːɡrɪt/ noun A heron with mainly white plumage, having long plumes in the breeding season. Genus Egretta (and Bubulcus), family Ardeidae: several species. The island also attracts a variety of wading birds such as herons and egrets and many songbirds.... The result is the area has become a wildlife sanctuary with otters returning, and residents including white egrets, herons, kestrels and dozens of wild flowers. Despite the setting, we didn't see any waterfowl or shorebirds - no herons or egrets, no ducks or geese. Origin Middle English: from Old French aigrette, from Provençal aigreta, from the Germanic base of heron.
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