| 单词 |
shearwater |
| 释义 |
shearwater|ˈʃɪəwɔːtə(r)|
Also 7 shere-, 8 shire-, 8–9 erron. sheer-.
[f. shear v. + water n.]
1. A bird of the genus Puffinus, esp. P. anglorum, the Manx Shearwater (see Manx a.), and P. major, the Greater Shearwater.
c1671Sir T. Browne Norf. Birds Wks. 1835 IV. 316 A sea-fowl called a sherewater. 1674Ray Coll. Words To Rdr. A 8, Among some Pictures of Birds which I have received from..Sr. Thomas Brown..I find..A shear-water inscribed Larus niger. 1703W. Dampier Voy. III. i. 93 We saw no Fowl but Shear-waters. 1778Eng. Gazetteer (ed. 2) s.v. Pembrokeshire, The harry-bird [is] the shirewater of Sir Thomas Brown. 1821Scott Pirate iv, The very sheerwaters and bonxies are making to the cliffs for shelter. 1870Gillmore tr. Figuier's Reptiles & Birds 288 Under the name of Shearwaters..those species of Petrels are included which have bills as long, and sometimes longer, than their heads.
2. U.S. The Black Skimmer, Rhynchops nigra.
1794Morse Amer. Geog. 167 Shear Water or Razor Bill. 1850F. Mason Burmah 300 The sheer-water, or scissors-bill. 1883Century Mag. Sept. 652/2 The black skimmer, or shear-water. |
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