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choughn.
1.bird of the crow family. jackdaw鴉科鳥類，寒鴉。
△Lr.4.6.14(13):“The crows and choughs thatwing the midway air/Show scarce so gross as bee-tles.”在半空中展翅飛翔的老鴰和烏鴉看起來還沒有甲蟲那樣大。
△Mac.3.4.125(124):“By maggot-pies andchoughs and rooks”，借助于喜鵲、烏鴉和白嘴鴉。
2. jackdaw,a bird that could be taught to speak;chat-terer八哥；饒舌者。
△Ham.5.2.90(87):“’Tis achough,but,as I say,spacious in the possession ofdirt.”他是一只小八哥，可是，我說過，他廣有土地。 |