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- a gregarious Eurasian crow with black plumage and a bare face, nesting in colonies in treetops秃鼻乌鸦。
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- Corvus frugilegus, family Corvidae.拉丁名Corvus frugilegus,鸦科。
with obj.
- informal take money from (someone) by cheating, defrauding, or overcharging them〈非正式〉骗…的钱; 诈骗; 敲诈; 开高价。
词源
Old English hrōc, probably imitative and of Germanic origin; related to Dutch roek.
词源
Middle English: from Old French rock, based on Arabic ruḵ. (of which the sense remains uncertain).