redshank
/red-shangk/US // ˈrɛdˌʃæŋk //UK // (ˈrɛdˌʃæŋk) //
红衫军,红衫侠,红衫客,红旗
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
Examples
I have, however, a Redshank in full breeding plumage, killed in Guernsey as late as the 23rd of April.
Many birds would starve there, but the Redshank is quite happy, as Nature has fitted him for his life in such a place.
No sooner does the Redshank spy you than he is up and, with a shrill whistle of alarm, flies quickly away.
Kearton somewhere relates how he once induced a blackbird to sit on the eggs of a thrush, and a lapwing on those of a redshank.
The Redshank is a bird of frequent occurrence on all such parts of the coast as are suited to its habits.
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