“long、tongue”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

long-tongue

释义

ˈlong-tongue
A person or thing with a ‘long tongue’.
1. a. A small bird of the Cape of Good Hope. ? Obs. b. dial. The wryneck.
1731Medley Kolben's Cape G. Hope II. 155 There is a little bird at the Cape for which I know no other name than what the Cape Europeans give it, which is Long Tongue.1772–84Cook Voy. (1790) III. 937 The long-tongue is about the size of a bull-finch, and his tongue is not only very long, but said to be as hard as iron.1837Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds III. 100 The Wryneck. Emmet-hunter. Long-tongue.1843Penny Cycl. XXVII. 592/2 The Wryneck is the..Long-Tongue..of the modern British.
2. A chatterer, blab.
1847in Halliwell.1877N.W. Linc. Gloss., Long-tongue, (1) a tale-bearer.

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