robin

名词 robin:

1. small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
   同义词：redbreast, robin redbreast, Old World robin, Erithacus rubecola
2. large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen
   同义词：American robin, Turdus migratorius

1. The people in our neighborhood are sending a round robin to the Air Force to protest the nice the jet planes make flying over our house.
   我们这一带的居民在向空军部队递交一份有环形签名的抗议书，就喷气式飞机飞越我们住宅上空时产生的噪音问题提出抗议。
2. If you wish to catch that robin, try putting a pinch of salt on its tail.
   你要是想抓住那只知更鸟，设法撒一点盐在鸟尾巴上，这样就能逮住它。

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n.（名词）
A North American songbird(Turdus migratorius) having a rust-red breast and gray and black upper plumage. Also called robin redbreast
旅鸫：北美洲的一种胸脯呈铁锈红且上部羽毛呈灰色和黑色的大的燕雀（旅鸫） 也作 robin redbreast
A small Old World bird(Erithacus rubecula) having an orange breast and a brown back. Also called robin redbreast
歌鸲：产于东半球的一种胸脯呈桔红色且背部呈棕色的小鸟（欧亚鸲） 也作 robin redbreast
Any of various birds resembling a robin.
任何一种类似于旅鸫或歌鸲和鸟

来源：
Short for Robin Redbreast
Robin Redbreast的简写
from Middle English Robin [personal name]
源自 中古英语 Robin [人名]
from Old French [diminutive of Robert]
源自 古法语 [罗伯特的昵称]