| 单词 | 鹬鸟 |
| 释义 | 〔ballyhoo〕The origin ofballyhoo has been the subject of much speculation. This spelling has actually graced four different words:ballyhoo, "sensational advertising"; ballyhoo, a spelling of balao, a kind of fish; ballyhoo, a part of the name ballyhoo bird, about which more later; andballyhoo, a sailor's epithet for a disliked ship. This lastballyhoo (first recorded in 1836) was thought to be related to, or the same as, the word ballahou, from Spanishbalahú, "a type of schooner common in the Antilles.” First recorded in 1867,ballahou, besides being a term for a specific kind of ship, was also used contemptuously of inferior ships.But the connection between these sailing terms or the name of the fish and our wordballyhoo, first recorded in 1901, has not been established. There may, however, be a tie betweenballyhoo and the creature called a ballyhoo bird. According to a July 1880 article inHarper's, the bird had four wings and two heads and could whistle through one bill while singing through the other.Anyone who has ever hunted a snipe will know what hunting ballyhoo birds was like.单词ballyhoo 的来源一直存在种种推测。 这个词的拼写实际上包含有四个不同的词：ballyhoo， 意为“耸人听闻的广告”； ballyhoo， 是 balao 的一种拼写，是一种鱼； ballyhoo， 是 ballyhoo bird 的一部分,其出现更晚； 还有一个是ballyhoo， 是水手对不喜欢的船的称呼。 这最后一个ballyhoo （最早记载于1836年）被认为与 ballahou 有关或相同， 该词来自西班牙语balahu， 意为“流行于安的列斯群岛的一种纵帆船。” 首次记载于1867年，ballahou 一词除表示一种特殊的船外， 还表示同时代的劣等船。但这些与航海有关的词或鱼类名称的词与我们所使用的、首次记载于1901年的一词ballyhoo 之间尚未建立联系。 然而也许ballyhoo 一词与被称为 ballyhoo bird 的生物之间有某种联系。 根据1880年7月哈帕斯 杂志中一篇文章的描写， 这种鸟有四翅双头，可以用其中一张嘴吹哨，同时用另一张嘴唱歌。任何曾经猎过鹬鸟的人将会知道捕猎“巴里嗬”鸟是怎样的一种情景〔flock〕 cast, the number of hawks or falcons cast off at one time, usually a pair;cete, a company of badgers; covert, a flock of coots; covey, a family of grouse, partridges, or other game birds; drift, a drove or herd, especially of hogs; exaltation, a flight of larks; fall, a family of woodcock in flight; gam, a school of whales, or a social congregation of whalers, especially at sea; kennel, a number of hounds or dogs housed in one place or under the same ownership; kindle, a brood or litter, especially of kittens; litter, the total number of offspring produced at a single birth by a multiparous mammal; muster, a flock of peacocks; nide, a brood of pheasants; pod, a small herd of seals or whales; pride, a company of lions; rout, a company of people or animals in movement, especially knights or wolves; school, a congregation of fish, or aquatic mammals such as dolphins or porpoises; shrewdness, a company of apes; skein, a flight of wildfowl, especially geese; skulk, a congregation of vermin, especially foxes, or of thieves;sloth, a company of bears; sord, a flight of mallards; sounder, a herd of wild boar; stable, a number of horses housed in one place or under the same ownership; swarm, a colony of insects, such as ants, bees, or wasps, especially when migrating to a new nest or hive;troop, a number of animals, birds, or people, especially when on the move; warren, the inhabitants, such as rabbits, of a warren; watch, a flock of nightingales; andwisp, a flock of birds, especially of snipe. See also Synonyms at crowd cast 指一次所放飞的鹰或隼的数目，通常为一对：cete， 一群； covert 一群大鹋； covey， 一群松鸡、石鸡或其它作猎物的鸟； drift， 一群或一堆，尤指家猪； exaltation， 一群云雀； fall， 一群飞行中的丘鹬； gam， 一群鲸或一伙捕鲸人，尤指在海上的； kennel， 一群住在一起或属同一个人所有的猎狗或狗； kindle， 一窝或一巢，尤指小猫： litter， 一产多胎的哺乳动物一次所生的幼仔的总数； muster， 一群孔雀； nide， 一窝野鸡； pod， 一小群海豹或鲸； pride， 一群狮子； rout， 一群在行进中的人或动物，尤指骑士或狼； school， 一群鱼或水生哺乳动物如海豚或小鲸； shrewdness， 一群猿； skein， 一群猎鸟，尤指鹅； skulk， 一群害兽或坏人， 尤指狐狸或小偷；sloth， 一群熊； sord， 一群野鸭； sounder， 一群野公猪； stable， 住在同一处或属同一个人所有的一群马； swarm， 一群昆虫，如蚂蚁、蜜蜂或黄蜂， 尤指当它们迁往一个新的巢或蜂房时；troop， 一群动物、鸟或人，尤指在行进中时； warren 养兔场的一群动物，如兔子； watch 一群夜莺； wisp 一群鸟，尤指鹬鸟 参见同义词 crowd〔snipe〕as in mȳrisnīpa [marsh snipe] 如在 mȳrisnīpa [沼泽地鹬鸟] 〔peep〕Any of various small North American sandpipers.任何一种小的北美鹬鸟 |
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