pheasant
外觀
英語
[編輯]詞源
[編輯]繼承自中古英語 fesaunt、fesant,來自古法語 fesan,來自拉丁語 phāsiānus,來自古希臘語 φᾱσιανός (phāsianós),意思是 「Φᾶσις (Phâsis) 河的[鳥]」,據推測,鳥從那裡向西傳播。取代本土的古英語 wōrhana,mōrhana的變體。參見moorhen。
發音
[編輯]名詞
[編輯]pheasant (可數 和 不可數,複數 pheasants)
- (可數) 雉雞
- 1769, Firishta, 譯者 Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, 第 I 卷, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al.,第 v 頁:
- The ſpring diſplaying her elegant taſte, the proud walk of the gold-feathered pheaſant, the light tread of the ſmall-hoofed hind, and the dancing of the ſtar-trained peacock, infuſed joy into the ſoul of the ſpectator of the aſtoniſhing works of the Creator.
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- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], 章號 XI, 出自 Francesca Carrara. […], 第 III 卷, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC,第 80 頁:
- Or sometimes, passing too near a sequestered copse, the shy tenants were startled, and the superb plumage of the pheasant dashed aside the branches, and the stately bird soared up on rattling wing.
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- (不可數) 雉雞肉
- 1989, Allan Gurganus, 「Black, White, and Lilac」, 出自 Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, book two (Time Does That),第 231 頁:
- Tables were laid with cold pheasant, watercressy finger foods, sweets sufficient to give the Greater Raleigh Area sugar shock.
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- 2013, Stuart Neville, 章號 30, 出自 Ratlines, New York, N.Y.: Soho Crime, →ISBN,第 158 頁:
- Célestin Lainé sat on the edge of the bed, a tray on his lap, eating pheasant and roast vegetables with a red wine reduction.
- 塞萊斯汀·萊內坐在床邊,腿上放着一個托盤,吃着雉雞肉和烤蔬菜,還喝了紅酒。
- 2015, Shauna Roberts, 章號 41, 出自 Ice Magic, Fire Magic, Overland Park, Kan.: Hadley Rille Books, →ISBN,第 266 頁:
- Bring a dish of berries with cream to me there. Bread, too. And a slice of pheasant.
- 給我拿一盤奶油漿果。還有麵包。還有一片雉雞肉。
衍生詞
[編輯]- Amherst pheasant
- argus pheasant
- Billingsgate pheasant
- blood pheasant
- cheer pheasant
- Chinese pheasant
- college pheasant
- common pheasant
- crow pheasant
- Elliot's pheasant
- golden pheasant
- green pheasant
- Impeyan pheasant
- Japanese pheasant
- kalege pheasant
- kalij pheasant
- khalege pheasant
- Lady Amherst's pheasant
- peacock-pheasant
- peacock pheasant
- pea-pheasant
- Pheasant coronavirus
- pheasant coucal
- pheasant cuckoo
- pheasantless
- pheasantlike
- pheasant pigeon
- pheasantry
- pheasant's eye
- pheasant-tailed jacana
- pheasant under glass
- reed pheasant
- Reeves's pheasant
- ring-necked pheasant
- sea-pheasant
- sea pheasant
- silver pheasant