| 单词 | lintwhite |
| 释义 | lintwhite /lint"hwuyt', -wuyt'/, n. Chiefly Scot. the linnet, Carduelis cannabina. [bef. 900; lint (syncopated var. of LINNET) + WHITE; r. ME lynkwhytte, alter. (perh. by assoc. with link hill (see LINKS) and WHIT) of OE linetwige linnet, lit., flax (or flax-field) trouble-maker, so called because the bird pecks out and eats flaxseed, equiv. to linet- ( < ML linetum flax-field) + -wige, fem. of wiga fighter] |
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