teal英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks. countable
A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan. countable,uncountable
A teal independent. Australia,attributive,countable

— In a bid to defend their inner-city seats, the Liberal Party has moved towards the environmental and progressive left in what can be described as a “teal strategy” that blurs the lines between the Liberals and the Greens.

形容词 adj.

Having a bluish-green colour.

词形变化

teals plural teale alternative,obsolete more teal comparative most teal superlative teale alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词

Baikal teal black teal Brazilian teal brown teal Cape teal chestnut teal cinnamon teal common teal Eurasian teal falcated teal gray teal greenwinged teal grey teal Hottentot teal Laysan teal lesser whistling teal New Zealand teal ringed teal speckled teal tealery teal independents Teal Point teal-seed yellow-billed teal

词源

词源 1

From Middle English tele, probably from an unrecorded Old English *tǣle, cognate with West Frisian tjilling (“teal”), Middle Dutch teling (“teal”) (modern Dutch taling), Middle Low German telink, from Proto-Germanic *tailijaz, of unknown ultimate origin, with no cognates outside of Germanic.
As the name of a shade of dark greenish-blue like the color patterns on the fowl's head and wings, it is attested from 1923.
The Australian political sense derives from the colour teal being intermediate between green (signifying environmentalism) and blue (signifying the conservative Australian Liberal Party).

词源 2

From Middle English tele, probably from an unrecorded Old English *tǣle, cognate with West Frisian tjilling (“teal”), Middle Dutch teling (“teal”) (modern Dutch taling), Middle Low German telink, from Proto-Germanic *tailijaz, of unknown ultimate origin, with no cognates outside of Germanic.
As the name of a shade of dark greenish-blue like the color patterns on the fowl's head and wings, it is attested from 1923.
The Australian political sense derives from the colour teal being intermediate between green (signifying environmentalism) and blue (signifying the conservative Australian Liberal Party).