ortolan

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɔː.təl.ən/|/ˈɔː.təl.æn/    美 /ˈɔɹ.tə.læn/|/ˈɔɹ.tə.lən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small European migratory bunting (Emberiza hortulana), once eaten whole as a delicacy.
    — […]this taught him to consider Sophia as a most delicious morsel, indeed to regard her with the same desires which an ortolan inspires into the soul of an epicure.
  2. Any of various similar birds, especially the bobolink, sora, or snow bunting. US
  3. The greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla).

词形变化

ortolans plural

词汇关系

衍生词
ortolan bunting

词源

From Middle French hortolan (“gardener”), from Latin hortulānus (“gardener”). Doublet of hortulan.
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