titmouse

英 ['tɪtmaʊs] 美
  • n. 山雀

中文词源


titmouse 山雀

来自中古英语 titmose,山雀,来自 tit,表小的动物或物体,古英语 mase,山雀,拼写受 mouse 影响俗化。

英文词源


titmouse
titmouse: see tit
titmouse (n.)
small, active bird, early 14c., titmose, from tit (n.2), expressing something small, + Old English mase "titmouse," from Proto-Germanic *maison (cognates: Dutch mees, German meise), from adj. *maisa- "little, tiny." Spelling influenced 16c. by unrelated mouse, "when mose had long been obsolete as an independent word" [OED]. The proper plural is titmouses.

双语例句


1. He took the titmouse home and raised it in a bamboo cage.
杨宝跑过去,拾起山雀,掸去蚂蚁.

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2. Yang Pao ran over and picked the titmouse up, brushing away the ants.
山雀先被猫头鹰的利爪所伤, 又从空中跌下,因此已经动弹不得.

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