godwit

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡɒd.wɪt/    美 /ˈɡɑd.wɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of four species of long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limosa, of the family Scolopacidae.
    — My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […]

词形变化

godwits plural

词源

Origin unknown. A surface analysis would suggest Old English *gōdwiht as the term's ultimate origin, corresponding to good + wight (“creature”), but the term is attested only since late Middle English. The Oxford English Dictionary considers the term to probably have originally been imitative of the bird's call.
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