petrel

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 pĕt'rəl

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes.
    — The seventh of May following, we first saw many Birds in bignesse of Cliffe Pidgeons, and after divers other as Pettrels, Cootes, Hagbuts, Pengwins, Murres, Gannets, Cormorants, Guls, with many else in our English Tongue of no name.

词形变化

petrels plural

词源

From earlier pitteral. Perhaps a diminutive of Peter, with reference to St. Peter's walking on the water (Matthew 14:29).
A derivation from patter or pitter-patter has been suggested, for instance by ornithologist Elliott Ladd Coues.
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