wren

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).
  2. Any member of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae; a true wren.
  3. Any small bird of similar appearance to a true wren, such as a fairywren or scrubwren.

词形变化

wrens plural wran alternative,dialectal

词汇关系

衍生词
Bewick's wren black-bellied wren blue wren cactus wren canyon wren Carolina wren Daito wren emu-wren fairy wren fairy-wren fairywren fasciated wren golden-crested wren heath-wren house wren jenny wren Lambert's wren Lyall's wren marsh wren New Zealand wren nightingale-wren reed wren rock wren scrubwren sedge wren short-billed marsh wren sooty-headed wren Stephens Island wren streaked wren-babbler striped wren-babbler tule wren willow wren winter wren wren-babbler wrenboy Wren Day wren-spinetail wrenthrush wren-tit wren-warbler Zapata wren

词源

From Middle English wrenne, wranne, from Old English wrenna, wrænna, werna, wærna, wrenne (“wren”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrandijō, from Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (“wren”).
Cognate with Old Saxon wrendilo (“wren”), Old High German rento, rentilo (“wren”), Danish rindel (“wren”), Icelandic rindill (“wren”).
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