| 单词 |
hay-jack |
| 释义 |
ˈhay-jack [cf. hay-bird.] A name given to several small birds which build their nests of hay.
a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Hay-jack, the lesser reed-sparrow, or sedge-bird of Penn. 1888A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 553/1 The nests of each of these species [of Sylvia] are very pretty works of art, firmly built of bents or other plant stalks..This style of nest-building..has obtained for the builders the name of ‘Hay-Jack’, quite without reference to the kind of bird which puts the nests together. |

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