单词 | widgeon |
释义 | widgeon (once / 19865 pages) n WORD FAMILY widgeon: widgeons USAGE EXAMPLESThe widgeon, who had slept on water, came whistling their double notes, like whistles from a Christmas cracker. T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958) Also spotted, but in fewer numbers, were snow geese, buffleheads, redheads, goldeneyes, American widgeon, ruddy, ring-necked, canvasbacks, scaup and wood ducks. Washington Times(Feb 15, 2015) The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food says test results show an American widgeon duck had the H5N8 strain of the flu. Washington Times(Jan 13, 2015) n freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals Syn|Hypo|Hyper Anas penelope, wigeon American widgeon, Anas americana, baldpate a widgeon the male of which has a white crown duck small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs |
随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。