sparrow
/ˈspærəʊ/noun
1
- a small finch-like Old World bird related to the weaver birds, typically with brown and grey plumage麻雀。
1.1
- Family Passeridae (or Ploceidae): four genera, in particular Passer, and many species, e.g. the cosmopolitan house sparrow (P. domesticus).雀科 （或织雀科）：4属, 尤指麻雀属,多种, 例如生活在全球的家麻雀（拉丁名P. domesticus）。
2
- usu. with modifier any of a number of birds that resemble true sparrows in size or colour（任何在体积或颜色方面）像麻雀的鸟类：
2.1
- an American bunting (many genera in the subfamily Emberizinae, family Emberizidae)美洲鹀（鹀科, 鹀亚科中多属）。
2.2
- a waxbill, in particular the Java sparrow梅花雀, 尤指爪哇梅花雀（禾雀）。
2.3
- 见hedge sparrow.
词源
Old English spearwa, of Germanic origin.