nightingale
nightingale 英 [ˈnaɪtɪŋgeɪl] 美 [ˈnaɪtnˌɡel, ˈnaɪtɪŋ-]
n. 夜莺
名词复数:nightingales
- A nightingale is a very small bird with a beautiful, loud song. If you hear the distinctive whistles of the nightingale, it is most likely a male bird seeking a mate.
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- n. 夜莺
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1. You can hear a nightingale whistle at night.
夜晚你会听到夜莺啭鸣。
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2. This might sound unappealing, but uguiso no fun or nightingale droppings have long been used in Japan to clear sun-spots, acne marks and pigmentation.
这或许听上去很不雅，但是夜莺粪便作为清除晒斑、痘斑和各种色素沉淀的秘方，在日本有着悠久的历史。
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3. She performed in this everpopular musical for a year, and then in 1982, she took things to a whole new level by starring in Charles Strouse's opera for children, nightingale.
她在这部经久不衰的音乐剧中演出了一年，于1982年又将事业推向了一个崭新的阶段，主演了查尔斯·斯特劳斯的儿童歌剧《夜莺》。
- nightingale (n.) Old English næctigalæ, nihtegale, compound formed in Proto-Germanic (cognates: Dutch nachtegaal, German Nachtigall) from *nakht- "night" (see night) + *galon "to sing," related to Old English giellan "to yell" (from PIE root *ghel- (1) "to call"). With parasitic -n- that appeared mid-13c. Dutch nightingale "frog" is attested from 1769. In Japanese, "nightingale floor" is said to be the term for boards that creak when you walk on them.
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