robin
/ˈrɒbɪn/noun
1
- a small Old World thrush related to the chats, typically having a brown back with red on the breast or other colourful markings歌鸲。
1.1
- Erithacus and other genera, family Turdidae: numerous species, e.g. the familiar European robin or redbreast (E. rubecula), which has an orange-red face and breast.鸲属及其他属, 鸫科：众多种, 例如, 常见的脸部和胸部呈橙红色的欧洲知更鸟或称欧亚鸲（拉丁名E. rubecula）。
2
- usu. with adj. or noun modifier any of a number of other birds that resemble the European robin, especially in having a red breast红襟鸟（外形似欧洲知更鸟, 尤其是有红胸的鸟类）：
2.1
- a large New World thrush that typically has a reddish breast (genus Turdus, family Turdidae), in particular the American robin (T. migratorius)鸫（鸫属, 鸫科）, 尤指旅鸫（拉丁名T. migratorius）。
2.2
- Austral./NZ a small songbird related to the flycatchers, with a red, pink, yellow, or white breast (family Eopsaltridae, in particular genus Petroica)〈澳/新西兰〉（与鹟相关的）燕雀, 歌鸟（鸲鹟科, 尤指鸲鹟属）。
2.3
- 见PEKIN ROBIN.
词源
mid 16th cent.: from Old French, pet form of the given name Robert.