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单词 daw
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Definition of daw in English:

daw

noun dɔː
  • another term for jackdaw
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After the hot summer days the mist sometimes hung over the moorland as if a whole lake were behind the old trees, among which the crows and the daws were fluttering.
    • The daws may peck upon one's sleeve without injury, but whoever wears his heart upon his tympanum gets it not far from the neck.
    • He came to a certain place near Bevagna, in which a great many birds of various types had congregated, including doves, crows and some others commonly called daws.
    • The daws would appear in a body of two or three hundred birds, but after a little while many of them would go on to their own villages further away.
    • Eagles commonly fly alone: they are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.

Origin

Late Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to German Dohle.

Definition of daw in US English:

daw

noun
  • another term for jackdaw
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The daws may peck upon one's sleeve without injury, but whoever wears his heart upon his tympanum gets it not far from the neck.
    • He came to a certain place near Bevagna, in which a great many birds of various types had congregated, including doves, crows and some others commonly called daws.
    • After the hot summer days the mist sometimes hung over the moorland as if a whole lake were behind the old trees, among which the crows and the daws were fluttering.
    • Eagles commonly fly alone: they are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.
    • The daws would appear in a body of two or three hundred birds, but after a little while many of them would go on to their own villages further away.

Origin

Late Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to German Dohle.

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