throstle
英 ['θrɒs(ə)l]
美['θrɑsl]
- n. （英）画眉鸟；精梳毛纺机
英英释义
- 1. a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously
- 2. common Old World thrush noted for its song
英文词源
- throstle (n.)
- "thrush," Old English þrostle "thrush," from Proto-Germanic *thrust- (cognates: Old Saxon throsla, Old High German droscala, German Drossel "thrush"), altered from (perhaps a diminutive of) *thurstaz (see thrush (n.1)).