babbler 音标拼音: [b'æblɚ]
n . 爱唠叨的人
爱唠叨的人
babbler n 1 :
an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker [
synonym :
{
chatterer }, {
babbler }, {
prater }, {
chatterbox }, {
magpie },
{
spouter }]
2 :
any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song ;
in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae [
synonym : {
babbler }, {
cackler }]
Thrush \
Thrush \,
n . [
OE . [
thorn ]
rusche ,
AS . [
thorn ]
rysce ;
akin to OHG .
drosca ,
droscea ,
droscela ,
and E .
throstle .
Cf .
{
Throstle }.]
1 . (
Zool .)
Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to {
Turdus }
and allied genera .
They are noted for the sweetness of their songs .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
Among the best -
known European species are the song thrush or throstle ({
Turdus musicus }),
the missel thrush (
see under {
Missel }),
the European redwing ,
and the blackbird .
The most important American species are the wood thrush ({
Turdus mustelinus }),
Wilson '
s thrush ({
Turdus fuscescens }),
the hermit thrush (
see under {
Hermit }),
Swainson '
s thrush ({
Turdus Aliciae }),
and the migratory thrush ,
or American robin (
see {
Robin }).
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Zool .)
Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits ;
as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (
or thrasher ).
See {
Brown thrush }.
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1913 Webster ]
{
Ant thrush }.
See {
Ant thrush }, {
Breve },
and {
Pitta }.
{
Babbling thrush },
any one of numerous species of Asiatic timaline birds ; --
called also {
babbler }.
{
Fruit thrush },
any species of bulbul .
{
Shrike thrush }.
See under {
Shrike }.
{
Stone thrush },
the missel thrush ; --
said to be so called from its marbled breast .
{
Thrush nightingale }.
See {
Nightingale },
2 .
{
Thrush tit },
any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds of the genus {
Cochoa }.
They are beautifully colored birds allied to the tits ,
but resembling thrushes in size and habits .
{
Water thrush }.
(
a )
The European dipper .
(
b )
An American warbler ({
Seiurus Noveboracensis }).
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Babbler \
Bab "
bler \,
n .
1 .
An idle talker ;
an irrational prater ;
a teller of secrets .
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Great babblers ,
or talkers ,
are not fit for trust .
--
L '
Estrange .
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2 .
A hound too noisy on finding a good scent .
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3 . (
Zool .)
A name given to any one of a family ({
Timalin [
ae ]})
of thrushlike birds ,
having a chattering note .
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1913 Webster ]
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