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词汇 chiffchaff
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Definition of chiffchaff in English:

chiffchaff

nounˈtʃɪftʃafˈtʃɪfˌtʃæf
  • A small Eurasian and North African migratory leaf warbler with drab plumage.

    叽喳棕柳莺

    Genus Phylloscopus, family Sylviidae: two species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In another group of bushes I found a chiffchaff hopping around.
    • People on the one to two-hour guided walks may also hear warblers such as the blackcap, the garden warbler, the reed warbler, the sedge warbler and the chiffchaff.
    • Meanwhile birds like blackcaps and chiffchaffs, which are wintering closer to home, are less likely to face bad timing with their food supply.
    • Any other two species with DNA this close (willow warblers and chiffchaffs for instance) are invariably considered members of the same genus.
    • Great-spotted woodpeckers drum while chiffchaffs, blackcaps, chaffinches and wrens sing their hearts out.

Origin

Late 18th century: imitative of its call.

Definition of chiffchaff in US English:

chiffchaff

nounˈCHifˌCHafˈtʃɪfˌtʃæf
  • A migratory Eurasian and North African leaf warbler with drab plumage.

    叽喳棕柳莺

    Genus Phylloscopus, family Sylviidae: two species, in particular the common P. collybita

    Example sentencesExamples
    • People on the one to two-hour guided walks may also hear warblers such as the blackcap, the garden warbler, the reed warbler, the sedge warbler and the chiffchaff.
    • In another group of bushes I found a chiffchaff hopping around.
    • Meanwhile birds like blackcaps and chiffchaffs, which are wintering closer to home, are less likely to face bad timing with their food supply.
    • Any other two species with DNA this close (willow warblers and chiffchaffs for instance) are invariably considered members of the same genus.
    • Great-spotted woodpeckers drum while chiffchaffs, blackcaps, chaffinches and wrens sing their hearts out.

Origin

Late 18th century: imitative of its call.

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