| 单词 |
muisvoël |
| 释义 |
muisvoël S. Afr.|ˈmœisfʊəl|
Also muisvoel, muisvogel |-foːxəl|.
[Afrikaans, f. as muishond + voël bird.]
= mouse-bird (mouse n. 10 f).
1822W. J. Burchell Trav. S. Afr. I. xi. 214 Muisvogel (Mouse-bird). Colius erythropus of Linnæus. 1849A. Smith Illustr. Zool. S. Afr.: Aves plate ii, Chizærhis concolor..As soon as it was observed, the Hottentots declared it to be a muis vogel, or Colius, Lin...which was not surprising, since it evinces considerable similarity to birds of that genus. 1867E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 221 Of the three species of this genus [sc. Colius] found in South Africa, and known by the trivial name of Muisvogel or Mouse⁓bird, this [sc. C. erythropus] is the only one that is found in the neighbourhood of Cape Town. 1920R. Y. Stormberg Mrs. Pieter de Bruyn 7 It [sc. peachblossom] has been vandalised by swarms of ‘finks’ and wretched little stiff-tailed ‘muisvogels’ who snip off the blooms most viciously. 1952Cape Times 27 Nov. 2/3 Muisvoëls are destroying whole orchards of early ripening fruit. 1959Ibid. 20 Jan. 7/3 Sparrows and muisvoels are not a pest in areas where our native birds of prey have not been eliminated. 1973Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 19 July 17 How many of us city-dwellers..would know the difference between a mossie and a muisvoël? |
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