small finch-like songbird, 1530s, from Middle French linette "grain of flax," diminutive of lin "flax," from Latin linum "linen" (see linen). Flaxseed forms much of the bird's diet. Old English name for the bird was linetwige, with second element perhaps meaning "pluck." This yielded Middle English and dialectal lintwhite.
雙語例句
1. The linnet chirps her vernal song.
紅雀吱喳鳴叫著她春天的歌.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. When I was questioning Louise Beauchain in Linnet Doyle's cabin.
當(dāng)我在林內(nèi)特·多爾的艙里詢問路易絲·碧翠時(shí).
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. The linnet is a small brown songbird.
紅雀是一種棕色會(huì)叫的小鳥.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. There midnight a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet's wings.