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bullfinch

/bool-finch/US // ˈbʊlˌfɪntʃ //UK // (ˈbʊlˌfɪntʃ) //

牛雀,红腹锦鸡,红腹灰雀,红雀

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a European finch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, often kept as a pet, the male of which has a black, white, and bluish-gray back and a rosy breast.
    • : any of several related or similar birds.

Examples

  • Little Blue—Bullfinch's tail feather for wings, dark blue silk for body, dark blue hackle for legs, tail do.

  • See my colours how bright they are, so that you would hardly know me from a bullfinch.

  • There was nothing that Rachel was anxious to carry away with her but a little bullfinch, of which she was very fond.

  • The bold and handsome bullfinch builds in the low hawthorn hedge which bounds it upon one side.

  • Now, Bullfinch was that broker with whom the Colonel had his dealings.