courser

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɜːsə/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dog used for coursing.
  2. A hunter who practises coursing.
  3. A swift horse; a racehorse or a charger.
    — Sir Launfal is instantly set at liberty, and vaulting on the courser his mistress had bestowed on him, and which was held at hand by his squire, he follows her out of the town.
  4. Any of several species of terrestrial bird in the genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus.
  5. A stone used in building a course.

词形变化

coursers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bronze-winged courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Burchell's courser Cursorius rufus cream-coloured courser Cursorius cursor double-banded courser Rhinoptilus africanus Indian courser Cursorius coromandelicus Jerdon's courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus Somali courser Cursorius somalensis Temminck's courser Cursorius temminckii three-banded courser Rhinoptilus cinctus

词源

From Middle English courser, Anglo-Norman cursier, corser, from Medieval Latin cursārius. By surface analysis, course + -er. Doublet of corsair and hussar.
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