| 单词 |
whip-poor-will |
| 释义 |
ˈwhip-poor-ˈwill
Also 8 whipper-, 9 wipper-, -vill, whippo-.
[Echoic, from the bird's note.]
Popular name in U.S. and Canada for a species of Goatsucker, Antrostomus (Caprimulgus) vociferus.
1709J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 146 Whippoo-Will, so nam'd, because it makes those Words exactly. 1747G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds II. 63 The Whip-Poor-Will, or lesser Goat-Sucker... It is called in Virginia, Whip-Poor-Will, from its Cry. 1778J. Carver Trav. N. Amer. xviii. 468 The Whipperwill, or as it is termed by the Indians, the Muckawiss..acquires its name by the noise it makes. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. vi. iv. (1861) 198 The melancholy plaint of the Whip-poor-will, who, perched on some lone tree, wearied the ear of night with his incessant moanings. 1822J. Woods Two Yrs. Resid. Illinois 197 Wipperwill, or whip-poor-will, or wippervill,—a brown bird..is generally heard of an evening in spring and summer. 1884‘Mark Twain’ Huck. Finn i, I heard..a Whippowill and a dog crying about somebody that was going to die. 1920W. D. Howells Vacation of Kelwyns 42 The whippoor⁓wills..whirred through the cool, damp air. 1938J. M. Gordon Canad. Mosaic (1939) ix. 218 Dreamily lying with prairie for pillow Clear I hear calling the lone whip-poor-will. 1960R. T. Peterson Field Guide Birds of Texas 134 Whip-poor-will... Best known by its vigorous cry repeated in endless succession at night. |
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