peewit
/pee-wit, pyoo-it/US // ˈpi wɪt, ˈpyu ɪt //UK // (ˈpiːwɪt) //
牡丹亭,牡丹花,牡丹,牡丹江
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a variant of pewit.
Examples
Their articulations are not so loud as the crow of the blackcock, the clamour of the peewit, or the call of the grouse.
The only sound beside that of running water is the cry of the grouse, the blackcock, or the peewit.
They had met, and included in their meeting the thrust of the manifold grass stems, the cry of the peewit, the wheel of the stars.
By which I do not mean that no peewit is ever taken by a peregrine.
The peewit chirped, "He that hath no mercy for others, shall find none for himself."
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