puffin

Related topics: Animals

ldoce_274_apuf·fin /ˈpʌfɪn/ noun [countableC]

HBAa North Atlantic seabird with a black and white body and a large brightly coloured beak 海鹦〔一种北大西洋海鸟，体呈黑白色，喙大而色彩鲜艳〕 →5 See picture of PUFFIN 海鹦 →4 See picture of 见图 puffin

Examples from the Corpus

puffin• The first time i spotted a puffin I thought I was seeing things.• In September and November, sand-eels, the only things eaten by puffins, lay their eggs.• A two-hour boat trip will take you to Lundy Island, once famous for its pirates and now for its puffins.• Sure enough, we soon come up to a party of puffin and a single guillemot.• A party of puffins had to take evasive action as they nearly flew into the side of the ship.• Never before have I seen puffins that are so red, so yellow, so black.• The hon. Lady also quoted the use of the puffin symbol by Gallaher.• If that happens as normal, then the puffins have a better chance of survival.

Puffinn trademark

na type of paperback book for children and young people, produced by the same company that produces Penguin books

Origin puffin

(1300-1400) Perhaps from puff, from the idea of the young ones being "puffed up" in shape

单词	puffin
释义	puffin Related topics: Animals ldoce_274_apuf·fin /ˈpʌfɪn/ noun [countableC] HBAa North Atlantic seabird with a black and white body and a large brightly coloured beak 海鹦〔一种北大西洋海鸟，体呈黑白色，喙大而色彩鲜艳〕 →5 See picture of PUFFIN 海鹦 →4 See picture of 见图 puffin Examples from the Corpus puffin• The first time i spotted a puffin I thought I was seeing things.• In September and November, sand-eels, the only things eaten by puffins, lay their eggs.• A two-hour boat trip will take you to Lundy Island, once famous for its pirates and now for its puffins.• Sure enough, we soon come up to a party of puffin and a single guillemot.• A party of puffins had to take evasive action as they nearly flew into the side of the ship.• Never before have I seen puffins that are so red, so yellow, so black.• The hon. Lady also quoted the use of the puffin symbol by Gallaher.• If that happens as normal, then the puffins have a better chance of survival. Puffinn trademark na type of paperback book for children and young people, produced by the same company that produces Penguin books Origin puffin (1300-1400) Perhaps from puff, from the idea of the young ones being "puffed up" in shape
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