siskin
/ˈsɪskɪn/noun
1- a small songbird related to the goldfinch, with yellow and black in the plumage黄雀, 金翅雀。
1.1
- Genus Carduelis (and Serinus), family Fringillidae: the North Eurasian (spruce) siskin (C. spinus), with dark-streaked greenish-yellow plumage, and several species in the New World.金翅属(及丝雀属), 燕雀科:北欧亚的(枞树)黄雀(拉丁名C. spinus), 有深色斑纹的绿黄色羽毛, 在新大陆有数种。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from Middle Dutch siseken, a diminutive related to German Zeisig, of Slavic origin.