yaffle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈjafl̩/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The European green woodpecker, Picus viridis. UK,dialectal
    — I remember the cry of the wood-peckers, or yaffils, as we call them in that country, going to roost in a pale autumnal evening […].
动词 v.
  1. Of the green woodpecker: to make its distinctive cry. intransitive
    — Green woodpecker is not without options. Each year the builder comes to fix the house of the wooden roof. Green woodpecker watches then flies away, yaffling.
  2. To eat. obsolete,slang
    — At the mention of yaffling—the cant for eating—Ewan felt a pang of hunger in his belly.

词形变化

yaffles plural yaffles present,singular,third-person yaffling participle,present yaffled participle,past yaffled past yaffles present,singular,third-person yaffling participle,present yaffled participle,past yaffled past

词源

Imitative of the bird's cry.
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