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peewit

/pee-wit, pyoo-it/US // ˈpi wɪt, ˈpyu ɪt //UK // (ˈpiːwɪt) //

牡丹亭,牡丹花,牡丹,牡丹江

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a variant of pewit.

Examples

  • Their articulations are not so loud as the crow of the blackcock, the clamour of the peewit, or the call of the grouse.

  • The only sound beside that of running water is the cry of the grouse, the blackcock, or the peewit.

  • They had met, and included in their meeting the thrust of the manifold grass stems, the cry of the peewit, the wheel of the stars.

  • By which I do not mean that no peewit is ever taken by a peregrine.

  • The peewit chirped, "He that hath no mercy for others, shall find none for himself."