puffin: [14] Puffin probably goes back to one of the ancestral Celtic languages of the British Isles – perhaps Cornish. Its English guise is no doubt due to its plump appearance, which suggested associations with puff [13] (a word which originated as an imitation of the sound of puffing).
puffin (n.)
North Atlantic seabird, mid-14c., perhaps connected with puff on notion of appearance, or from some Celtic word (earliest association is with Cornwall and Scilly), and altered by influence of puff.
双语例句
1. The Hatfield Puffin is a modern aeroplane, but its designer, Mr. John Wimpenny , is finding it difficult to get it off the ground.
哈特费尔德·普芬是一架时髦的飞机, 但设计这架飞机的人约翰·温佩尼先生感到很难使它飞离地面.
来自《用法词典》
2. N Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over each eye.
北太平洋的海鹦,每只眼睛上方有一簇黄色的羽毛.
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英英释意
1. any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
实用场景例句
The Hatfield Puffin is a modern aeroplane, but its designer, Mr. John Wimpenny , is finding it difficult to get it off the ground.
哈特费尔德·普芬是一架时髦的飞机, 但设计这架飞机的人约翰·温佩尼先生感到很难使它飞离地面.
《用法词典》
N Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over each eye.
