wryneck
英 ['raɪnek]
美
- n. 歪脖；啄木鸟的一种
英英释义
- 1. an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
- 2. Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
英文词源
- wryneck (n.)
- 1580s, from wry + neck (n.). The bird so called from the singular manner in which is can twist the neck.