puit

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A well; a small stream; a fountain; a spring. obsolete
    — Further on is a puit or pit, bored in the last century, in search of salt; and then smaller reservoirs, with the blasting holes.
  2. An insectivorous shore bird, the brown-headed gull.
    — But these pirates are always successful, as are the rats, who steal at dead of night upon the eggs, devouring them; for your rat is a deadly enemy to the puit, and many another bird besides.

词形变化

puits plural puits alternative puits plural

词源

Etymology tree
French puitsbor.
English puit
Borrowed from French puits (“well”).
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