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partridge

/pahr-trij/US // ˈpɑr trɪdʒ //UK // (ˈpɑːtrɪdʒ) //

鹧鸪,鹧鸪花,鹧鸪树,鹧鸪天

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural par·tridg·es, par·tridge.

    • : any of several Old World gallinaceous game birds of the subfamily Perdicinae, especially Perdix perdix.
    • : Chiefly Northern U.S. the ruffed grouse.
    • : Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. bobwhite.
    • : any of several other North American gallinaceous game birds.
    • : any of various South and Central American tinamous.

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Examples

  • Wood pigeon, pheasant, partridge, grouse, peacocks, hares, wild rabbits, and waterfowl are all dietary staples.

  • However, there is an exceptional 1918 nude portrait photographed by Imogen Cunningham of her husband, Roy Partridge.

  • Despite the Partridge Family lifestyle, his home life was settled.

  • Not a lot of people know you got your start on reality TV with The New Partridge Family.

  • There is an obscene quantity of spine-buckling necklaces made by “queen of bling” Solange Azagury-Partridge.

  • He would hunt partridge industriously and conspicuously until men's minds were turned quite away from the subject of bear.

  • Another point also should be noted: If Scattergood were hunting bear he gave it out that his game was partridge.

  • Probably he would bring partridge, too, for he never neglected by-products.

  • They are also rather fond of a fly made from a partridge's breast feather, and body of crimson floss silk.

  • They saw the tracks of deer and wolves and partridge, and encountered a few jays, chickadees, and woodpeckers.