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titmouse

英 ['tɪtmaʊs] 美

解释

n. 山雀

※ 提供单词"titmouse"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.

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例句和用法

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.

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.