释义 |
puffin/ˈpʌfin/n. any of various seabirds of the family Alcidae native to the N. Atlantic and N. Pacific, esp. Fratercula arctica, having a large head with a brightly coloured triangular bill, and black and white plumage (生长在大西洋及太平洋北部的)海雀科海鸟(尤指北极海鹦) [Middle English poffin, pophyn, originally denoting a shearwater, apparently from PUFF + -ING3 with reference to that bird's fat nestlings] |