pheasant

名词 pheasant:

1. large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
2. flesh of a pheasant; usually braised

1. A bird, such as the duck, goose, turkey, or pheasant, that is used as food or hunted as game.
   禽鸟一种鸟，如鸭、鹅、火鸡或野鸡，用作食物或狩猎的猎物
2. A young fowl, especially a turkey, chicken, or pheasant.
   幼禽年幼的家禽，尤指小火鸡、小鸡或小雉
3. The dog flushed a pheasant from the bushes.
   那只狗于雉从灌木丛中惊起。
4. Pheasants have long tails.
   野鸡长着长尾巴。

pheas.ant

n.（名词）
【复数】 pheas.ants 或 pheasant
Any of various Old World birds of the family Phasianidae, especially the ring-necked pheasant introduced in North America, characteristically having long tails and, in the males of many species, brilliantly colored plumage.
雉鸡，野鸡：一种欧亚大陆的雉科鸟，尤指从北美洲引进的颈上有环纹的雉鸡，特征是长尾巴、雄性有许多种华丽多彩的羽毛
Any of several other birds that resemble the pheasant, such as the partridge.
雉科鸟：类似于雉的其它鸟类，如山鹑

来源：
Middle English fesaunt
中古英语 fesaunt
from Old French fesan
源自 古法语 fesan
from Latin ph3si3nus
源自 拉丁语 ph3si3nus
from Greek phasianos (ornis) [(bird) of the Phasis River, pheasant]
源自 希腊语 phasianos (ornis) [法西斯河的（鸟），雉鸡]
from Phasis [the Phasis River of western Georgia]
源自 法西斯 [佐治亚西部的法西斯河]