Wagtail

(noun.) Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks.

克莱德编辑

• Look at the water wagtail, she said and pointed to the gray ball of a bird that was bobbing up and down on a stone up the stream. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I have two water-wagtails, carved in wood, and painted--perhaps you have seen it? 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• That is hers, those two wagtails in Hermione's boudoir--you've seen them--they are carved in wood and painted. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The hens were pecking round it, some chickens were balanced on the drinking trough, wagtails flew away in among trucks, from the water. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

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