dotterel

/dot-er-uhl/US // ˈdɒt ər əl //UK // (ˈdɒtrəl) //

点石成金,点缀,鸽子

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of several plovers usually inhabiting upland areas, especially Eudromias morinellus, of Europe and Asia.
- : British Dialect. a silly, stupid person, especially one who is easily duped.

Last night we had dotterel and sandpipers for dinner, this morning greenshanks, which are very good birds indeed.
One remarkable instance of this may be given, that of the dotterel, a bird already mentioned.
The thin pipe of the dotterel fell into the darkness beyond the shallows where the sea-mist lay.
The resemblance of the dotterel's egg to a pebble is no greater than the resemblance between many eggs laid in nests and pebbles.
The summer home of the Dotterel is shared, in some instances at least, with that still more mountain bird, the Ptarmigan.