“colibri”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

colibri

释义

‖ colibri|ˈkɔlibri|
[a. Sp. and F. colibri, according to statements in Littré orig. the Carib name.]
A kind of humming-bird.
[1715Kersey, Colibus, the Humming-bird, which is no bigger than a large Fly; yet makes a Noise like a Whirl⁓wind. Hence in Bailey.]1740Hist. Jamaica 333 As to Birds..the most famous is the Colibry or Humming-bird.1812Smellie tr. Buffon's Nat. Hist. XVI. 382 M. de la Condamine never saw Colibris more numerous than in the gardens of Quito.1840Browning Sordello iii. 347 Buzz of colibri.1855Kingsley Westw. Ho! xvii. (1878) 279 ‘Look, Frank, that's a colibri; you've heard of colibris?’ Frank looked at the living gem which hung, loud humming, over some fantastic bloom.

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