budgerigar
英 ['b?d?(?)r?gɑ?]
美['b?d??r?ɡɑr]
- n. [鳥] 虎皮鸚鵡；相思鸚鵡（等于budgie）
低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?budgerigars;
中文詞源
budgerigar 虎皮鸚鵡
來自澳大利亞土著語。budgeri, 好的。gar, 鳥叫，擬聲詞。參照英語garrulous, 話多的。
英文詞源
- budgerigar
- budgerigar: [19] When the first English settlers arrived at Port Jackson (now Sydney Harbour) in the late 18th century, they heard the local Aborigines referring to a small green parrot-like bird as budgerigar. In the local language, this meant literally ‘good’ (budgeri) ‘cockatoo’ (gar). The English language had acquired a new word, but to begin with it was not too sure how to spell it; the first recorded attempt, in Leichhardt’s Overland Expedition 1847, was betshiregah. The abbreviated budgie is 1930s.
- budgerigar (n.)
- 1847, from Native Australian, said to mean "good cockatoo," from budgeri "good" + gar "cockatoo."
雙語例句
- 1. The budgerigar a quick peck at the seed.
- 虎皮鸚鵡匆匆地啄了一下種子.
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