partridge

名词 n.
/ˈpɑːtɹɪd͡ʒ/    /ˈpɑɹtɹɪd͡ʒ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
    — On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.
  2. The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food. uncountable
  3. A type of cannon charge composed of several missiles fired all together, similar to langrage or case-shot. Also a large cannon that shoots stones. obsolete

词形变化

partridges plural partridge plural

词汇关系

衍生词
African partridge and a partridge in a pear tree Arabian partridge bamboo partridge Barbary partridge black partridge bearded wood partridge birch partridge blackheaded partridge black wood-partridge blood partridge Bonham's partridge buff-breasted partridge California partridge capoeira partridge chestnut-breasted partridge chukar partridge collared partridge common partridge crested partridge crested wood partridge crimson-headed partridge Daurian partridge East Asian forest partridge English partridge ferruginous wood partridge French partridge Gambel's partridge gray partridge grey partridge Greek partridge green-legged partridge green-legged hill partridge green wood partridge Guiana partridge Hainan partridge Hey's partridge hill partridge Himalayan partridge Hodgson’s partridge Hungarian partridge long-billed partridge Madagascar partridge Massena partridge monal-partridge mountain partridge Namaqua partridge night partridge painted partridge partridge berry partridge-berry partridgeberry partridge-breast partridge-breasted aloe partridge breeder partridge brood partridge bush partridge cane partridge Cochin partridge country partridge dance partridge dove partridge drive partridge-driving partridge feather partridge fillet partridge hackle partridge hawk partridge-legged clover partridge-like partridgelike partridge mew partridge-mortar partridge net partridge pea partridge pie partridge pigeon partridge plum partridge poult partridger partridge shell partridge shooter partridge shooting partridge-shot partridge tun partridge-vine partridge wing partridge-wood partridging Philby's partridge plumed partridge Przevalski's partridge red-billed partridge red-crowned wood partridge red-legged partridge redlegged partridge Rubeho forest partridge rock partridge rufous throated partridge Sabah partridge sand partridge sanguine partridge scaly-breasted partridge sea partridge see-see partridge Sichuan partridge snow partridge spruce partridge stone partridge swamp partridge Tibetan partridge tree partridge Udzungwa forest partridge water partridge white-browed partridge white-necklaced partridge white partridge wood partridge

词源

From Middle English partrich, partriche, pertriche, perdriz, from Old French perdriz, partriz, from Latin perdīx (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”), probably from πέρδομαι (pérdomai, “to fart”).
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