Linnet

(noun.) small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead.

沙琳编辑

• This linnet, as near as I can remember, seemed to be somewhat larger than an English swan. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• It seemed as if a linnet had hopped to my foot and proposed to bear me on its tiny wing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• There were larks, linnets, and goldfinches--I should think at least twenty. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

编辑:珀西