puffin
英 ['p?f?n]
美['p?f?n]
- n. 善知鳥；海鸚；海鴨之類
暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?puffins;
中文詞源
puffin 海鸚
可能來自puff,吹氣，-in,小詞后綴。因這種鳥圓鼓鼓的身體而得名。
英文詞源
- puffin
- puffin: [14] Puffin probably goes back to one of the ancestral Celtic languages of the British Isles – perhaps Cornish. Its English guise is no doubt due to its plump appearance, which suggested associations with puff [13] (a word which originated as an imitation of the sound of puffing).
- puffin (n.)
- North Atlantic seabird, mid-14c., perhaps connected with puff on notion of appearance, or from some Celtic word (earliest association is with Cornwall and Scilly), and altered by influence of puff.
雙語例句
- 1. The Hatfield Puffin is a modern aeroplane, but its designer, Mr. John Wimpenny , is finding it difficult to get it off the ground.
- 哈特費爾德·普芬是一架時髦的飛機, 但設計這架飛機的人約翰·溫佩尼先生感到很難使它飛離地面.
來自《用法詞典》
- 2. N Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over each eye.
- 北太平洋的海鸚,每只眼睛上方有一簇黃色的羽毛.
來自互聯網