ringdove

/ring-duhv/US // ˈrɪŋˌdʌv //UK // (ˈrɪŋˌdʌv) //

鸽子,斑鸠,鸠占鹊巢,鸽派

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a small Old World dove, Streptopelia risoria, having a black half ring around the nape of the neck.
- : wood pigeon.

A lamb stands by her side, and a tame ringdove is perched on her wrist.
We make out the frigate to be the Terpsichore, and the sloop, I know by her new royals, is the Ringdove.
Her words rang out crystalclear, more musical than the cooing of the ringdove, but they cut the silence icily.
It was very like the hawk perched over and clawing the ringdove she has struck down.
The siskin and the ringdove vied with each other to do them pleasure, all day long their music rejoiced ear and soul.