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词汇 scaup
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Definition of scaup in English:

scaup

noun skɔːpskɔp
  • A Eurasian, North American, and New Zealand diving duck, the male of which has a black head with a green or purple gloss.

    (分布于欧亚大陆、北美洲和新西兰的)斑背潜鸭

    Family Anatidae: three species in the genus Aythya, in particular the widespread (greater) scaup (A. marila), with a black breast and white sides

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are mallards galore, the males with their metallic green heads and the females a dowdy brown, and busy little black scaups, bobbing like bath toys.
    • Two ducks common in the winter marsh - the canvasback and greater scaup - are now up in the Yukon and the Seward Peninsula.
    • Such delays in nest initiation by scaup are especially alarming, given that scaup are migrating through North Dakota earlier than they did historically.
    • As the tiny sailor joined the rest of its crew, our eyes were drawn to a small raft of scaup.
    • The lesser scaup is a lovely duck indeed, one that, on its own merits, should always be a pleasure to spy on a lake or stretch of sea coast.

Origin

Late 17th century: Scots variant of Scots and northern English scalp 'mussel-bed', a feeding ground of the duck.

Rhymes

dorp, gawp, scorp, Thorpe, warp, whaup, yawp

Definition of scaup in US English:

scaup

nounskôpskɔp
  • A Eurasian, North American, and New Zealand diving duck, the male of which has a black head with a green or purple gloss.

    (分布于欧亚大陆、北美洲和新西兰的)斑背潜鸭

    Genus Aythya, family Anatidae: three species, in particular the widespread (greater) scaup (A. marila), with a black breast and white sides

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are mallards galore, the males with their metallic green heads and the females a dowdy brown, and busy little black scaups, bobbing like bath toys.
    • The lesser scaup is a lovely duck indeed, one that, on its own merits, should always be a pleasure to spy on a lake or stretch of sea coast.
    • As the tiny sailor joined the rest of its crew, our eyes were drawn to a small raft of scaup.
    • Such delays in nest initiation by scaup are especially alarming, given that scaup are migrating through North Dakota earlier than they did historically.
    • Two ducks common in the winter marsh - the canvasback and greater scaup - are now up in the Yukon and the Seward Peninsula.

Origin

Late 17th century: Scots variant of Scots and northern English scalp ‘mussel-bed’, a feeding ground of the duck.

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