“gorcrow”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

gorcrow

释义

gorcrow|ˈgɔːkrəʊ|
Also 7 gar-, 8–9 gorecrow.
[f. gor, gore n.¹ + crow.]
The Carrion Crow.
1605B. Jonson Volpone i. ii, Raven, and gorcrow, all my birds of prey, That think me turning carcase, now they come.1632Marmion Holland's Leaguer iv. iii. Dram. Wks. (1875) 71 Out of the wind of me! what, do you think You can put out the eyes of a gorcrow?1656Choyce Drollery 67 She tript it like a barren Doe, And strutted like a Gar-crowe.1766Pennant Zool. I. 167 It [Carrion Crow]..will pick out the eyes of young lambs..for which reason it was formerly distinguished..by the name of the gor or gorecrow.1819Campbell Ess. Eng. Poetry (1861) 71 Human vultures and gorecrows.1868Browning Ring & Bk. x. 579 As the gor-crow treats The bramble-finch, so treats the finch the moth.1881Oxfordsh. Gloss. Suppl., Gore-crow.

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