linnet

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
    — ⁠I do but sing because I must, And pipe but as the linnets sing: And unto one her note is gay, ⁠For now her little ones have ranged; ⁠And unto one her note is changed, Because her brood is stol’n away.
  2. A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), of North America. US

词形变化

linnets plural

词汇关系

衍生词
common linnet green linnet linnet hole pine linnet red linnet Warsangli linnet Yemen linnet Linaria yemenensis syn. Carduelis yemenensis)

词源

From Old French linette, from lin (“flax”), from the bird's fondness for the seeds of flax, the source of linen and Old English līnete, līnetwige (“linnet”) (> dialectal English lintwhite).
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