自19世纪以来,人们就用valentining来形容鸟儿在春天这个繁殖的季节发出的唧唧喳喳的叫声。
4. Chelidonize
If you want to be even more specific, though the verb chelidonize is a proper word for the chirping of swallows as they fly overhead. It derives from the Greek word for swallow, chelidon—which is also the origin of the 17th century adjective Chelidonian.
如果你想把鸟叫声分的更具体一些,用“chelidonize”来形容燕子从空中略过时啾啾吱吱的叫声更恰当。“Chelidonize”来自希腊语中表示燕子的单词“chelidon”,这个单词也是17世纪出现的形容词“Chelidonian”的词源。
5. Chelidonian
As well as being used to describe anything the deep red color of a swallow’s throat, Chelidonian winds are warm spring winds, so called because they tended to start blowing around the same time that swallows and martins began to return in the spring.
“Chelidonian”除了可以指代像燕子喉咙部位的深红色一样的颜色之外,“Chelidonian winds”还有和煦春风的意思,这样表述是因为春风轻拂大地之时正是燕子归巢的时候。
6 - 7. Erumpent [ɪ'rəmpənt], breard
A word for the re-emerging of plants above the ground in spring, the 17th century adjective erumpent describes anything that bursts forth. The very first appearance of a plant above the ground, incidentally, is called the breard.
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