lory

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various small, brightly coloured parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae.
    — Just as we were going away, a handsome tree, allied to Erythrina, was in blossom, showing its masses of large crimson flowers scattered here and there about the forest. Could it have been seen from an elevation, it would have had a fine effect; from below I could only catch sight of masses of gorgeous colour in clusters and festoons overhead, about which flocks of blue and orange lories were fluttering and screaming.

词形变化

lories plural

词源

From Malay luri, name of kind of parrot, said to be a dialectal variant of Malay nuri. Doublet of lourie. Unrelated to Spanish loro.
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