核心词义
nightingale
英[ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl] 美['naɪtɪŋɡeɪl]
核心词义
n. 夜莺
nightingale 基本解释
速记技巧
词源记忆法
夜莺属于雀形目鹟科,鸣唱出众,音域极广,是少有的夜间鸣叫的鸟类,故此得名“夜莺”。无独有偶,在英语中,表示“夜莺”的单词nightingale也是“夜间唱歌”的意思。它来自古英语,由night(夜晚)in(连接成分)gale(唱歌)构成,字面意思就是“夜间唱歌”。其中,gale来自古英语galon(唱歌),与giellan(yell,叫喊)有关。
nightingale 变化形式
复数: nightingales
易混淆的单词: Nightingale
中文词源
nightingale 夜莺
night,夜晚,-gale,唱,词源同yell.用来指夜莺。
nightingale 用法和例句提示:点击例句中的单词,就可以看到词义解释
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- The nightingale with feathers new she sings ;
- 刚长出新羽毛的小夜莺歌唱不歇;
- Mr nightingale is right to point out that segregation can exist without a formal regime .
- 南丁格尔先生指出,没有正式的政权支持,种族隔离制度也能存在,这一点很对。
- But there was nobody to wind the little gold nightingale up , and of course it could not sing .
- 然而没有人答应国王,也没有人去给那只金夜莺上上发条,当然它也唱不了了。
- The little nightingale said she could sing better in her own greenwood , but she was so sweet and kind that she came with them .
- 夜莺说在自己的树林里唱得更好,不过,她那么温柔又那么亲切,就随着宰相来到了王宫。
- Some find love with the rose in may and some with the nightingale in june , wrote pakenham beatty .
- pakenhambeatty说:当爱情来临,有人看到五月的玫瑰,有人听到六月的夜莺。