dotterel

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gullible fool, especially an elderly person with impaired faculties.
    — This poor dotterel, Sir Arthur, is playing fast and loose with me.
  2. A small brown-and-black bird of species Charadrius morinellus, of the plover family.
  3. Any of various small birds of Australasia thought to resemble the Eurasian dotterel. Australia,New-Zealand
形容词 adj.
  1. decayed
    — some old dotterel trees

词形变化

dotterels plural more dotterel comparative most dotterel superlative

词汇关系

近义词
dote
衍生词
black-fronted dotterel Eurasian dotterel hooded dotterel inland dotterel red-kneed dotterel sea dotterel shore dotterel tawny-throated dotterel

词源

词源 1
15th century. From dote (“to be foolish; senile”) + -rel (“pejorative suffix”). The bird is so named as it is easy to catch.
词源 2
15th century. From dote (“to be foolish; senile”) + -rel (“pejorative suffix”). The bird is so named as it is easy to catch.
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