sea drake

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sea dragon.
    — When, after the death of the son, Beowulf and his companions pursued the mother into her retreat, they found the water full of sea-drakes and serpents (wyrm-cynnes fela), and nicers lying on the banks.
  2. The pewit gull, or sea cormorant (Corvus marinus) UK
    — The gardener found birds frozen to their branches, yet at the base of the same tree, a flock of sea-drakes and hens were perfectly unharmed!
  3. A male eider. US
    — Another of our regular visiters from the North is the EIDER DUCK , which furnishes the fine down that is so valuable an article of commerce. On our coast this bird is commonly known by the name of the SEA DRAKE.

词形变化

sea drakes plural
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