curlew

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɜːlju/|/ˈkɜːlu/    美 /ˈkɝlu/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.
  2. A stone curlew (Burhinidae spp.). Australia
    — That quivering wail from the billabong lying murkily mystic towards the East was only the cry of the fearing curlew.

词形变化

curlews plural

词汇关系

衍生词
beach stone-curlew bristle-thighed curlew bush stone-curlew curlewlike eastern curlew Eskimo curlew Eurasian curlew Eurasian stone-curlew great stone-curlew Hudsonian curlew little curlew long-billed curlew northern curlew slender-billed curlew stone-curlew
相关词
curlew sandpiper stone curlew

词源

From Middle English curlew, from Old French courlieu (see French courlis), claimed to be imitative of the bird's cry but apparently assimilated with dialectal *corliu (“runner, messenger”), a variant of coureur (the bird is adept at running).
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