pelican

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɛl.ɪ.kən/|/ˈpɛl.ə.kən/    美 /ˈpɛl.ɪ.kən/|/ˈpɛl.ə.kən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.
    — The old have outlived that mental world we so misname in calling it a world of enjoyment;—they have outlived the feverish dreams which waste those keen hopes—the pelicans of the heart, feeding on the life-blood of their parent;—they have now no part in the excitement of success, whether in its desire or disappointment.
  2. A native or resident of the American state of Louisiana.
  3. A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation. obsolete
  4. A set of forceps used to force overcrowded teeth apart.
  5. A waterbomber. Canada,slang
  6. An ageing prostitute. slang

词形变化

pelicans plural pelecan alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
Australian pelican brown pelican dental pelican Little Pelican pelican crossing pelican eel pelican flower pelican gulper pelicanish Pelican Island pelicanist pelicanlike pelican pot pelicanry pelican spider Pelican State spot-billed pelican

词源

From Middle English pellican, pellicane, from Old English pellican (“pelican”), from Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán),
πέλεκυς (pélekus, “hatchet”).
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