blackbird
英 ['blækbɜːd]
美 ['blækbɝd]
- n.ペインテッドブロウ；ツバメダコ；ヤマドリ；ツグミ
英語の語源
- blackbird (n.)
- late 15c. (late 13c. as a surname), from black (adj.) + bird (n.1). OED says so called for being the only "black" (really dark brown) bird among the songbirds, reflecting an older sense of bird that did not include rooks, crows, ravens.
例文
- 1. A blackbird flew down and perched on the parapet outside his window.
- ウツグミが飛んできて、窓の外の低い壁に止まった。
- 2.The blackbird 's nest contained four egs.
- 黒ヒヨコの巣には4つの卵がある。
- 3.The blackbird had a quick,wary look in case the cat was anywhere around.
- このツグミは、その猫が近くにいるのを防ぐために迅速に警戒して見回した。
- 4.It 's been a long time since I heard a blackbird 's song in the evening.
- ウツグミの夜鳴きを久しぶりに聞いた。
- 5.A blackbird broke in on his reverie with an evening song.
- 山鳥の晩歌が彼の思いを断ち切った。
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