bevy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A group of animals, especially quail or other birds. collective
    — The pond was another favourite place to visit. Moorhens strutted from the neighbouring bushes, and a bevy of Muscovy ducks, a study in black, white and red, waddled from the farmyard hard by to enjoy a refreshing splash.
  2. Alternative form of bevvy. alt-of,alternative
  3. A group, especially a large group, and especially a group of attractive girls or women. collective
    — In the midſt of all this buſtle, I was ſtruck with the appearance of a large bevy of beauties and women of the firſt fashion, who with all the perfect confidence of good breeding, inſhrined themſelves in the ſeveral temples dedicated to the Cyprian Venus[.]

词形变化

bevies plural bevies plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bevey, of uncertain origin, possibly Anglo-Norman.
词源 2
See bevvy.
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