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redshank

/red-shangk/US // ˈrɛdˌʃæŋk //UK // (ˈrɛdˌʃæŋk) //

红衫军,红衫侠,红衫客,红旗

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.

Examples

  • I have, however, a Redshank in full breeding plumage, killed in Guernsey as late as the 23rd of April.

  • Many birds would starve there, but the Redshank is quite happy, as Nature has fitted him for his life in such a place.

  • No sooner does the Redshank spy you than he is up and, with a shrill whistle of alarm, flies quickly away.

  • Kearton somewhere relates how he once induced a blackbird to sit on the eggs of a thrush, and a lapwing on those of a redshank.

  • The Redshank is a bird of frequent occurrence on all such parts of the coast as are suited to its habits.

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