peewit

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several birds:; northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
  2. Any of several birds:; laughing gull (Xema ridibundus)
  3. Any of several birds:; pewee or peewee
  4. Any of several birds:; A magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca). Australia
    — A hawk came swooping down near tree-level to be immediately assailed by screeching pee-wits.
  5. The sound of the call of one of these birds.

词形变化

peewits plural pewit alternative

词源

Onomatopoeic; for the pronunciation /ˈpjuːɪt/ and corresponding form pewit, compare leeward, Seward, steward.
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