fantail

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈfænˌteɪl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several birds, of the genus Rhipidura, from Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
  2. Any of several domestic varieties of pigeon having a fan-shaped tail.
  3. Any of several goldfish having a large fan-shaped tail.
  4. An overhanging deck at the stern of a ship.
    — The Paranoids cast off, backed the Godzilla II out from the pier, turned and with a concerted whoop took off like a bat out of hell, nearly sending Di Presso over the fantail.
  5. A small windmill mounted at right angles to the sails, at the rear of the windmill, used to turn the cap automatically to bring it into the wind.
  6. A brimmed hat with just the back of the brim turned up.

词形变化

fantails plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Arafura fantail black-and-white fantail grey fantail northern fantail rufous-backed fantail rufous fantail streaked fantail warbler yellow-bellied fairy-fantail yellow-bellied fantail

词源

From fan + tail. The sense of Rhipidura-genus birds is a calque of translingual Rhipidura.
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