| 单词 |
Kate |
| 释义 |
Kate|keɪt| A pet-form of the female name Katherine; now also used as a baptismal name. Also, a dialect name for several species of finches, as the brambling, hawfinch, and goldfinch.
1773Barrington in Phil. Trans. LXIII. 283 note, The London bird-catchers also sell..the yellow hammer, twite and brambling [note, They call this bird a kate] as singing birds. 1802–33G. Montagu Ornith. Dict. (ed. Rennie) 53 Mountain Finch..(Provincial) Kate. 1885Swainson Prov. Names Birds 58 In the north, young goldfinches are called Grey Kates or Pates. |
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