bustard 音标拼音: [b'ʌstɚd]
n . 鸨(鸟)
鸨(鸟)
bustard n 1 :
large heavy -
bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight ;
classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes Stone \
Stone \,
n . [
OE .
ston ,
stan ,
AS .
st [=
a ]
n ;
akin to OS . &
OFries .
st [=
e ]
n ,
D .
steen ,
G .
stein ,
Icel .
steinn ,
Sw .
sten ,
Dan .
steen ,
Goth .
stains ,
Russ .
stiena a wall ,
Gr . ?, ?,
a pebble . [
root ]
167 .
Cf . {
Steen }.]
1 .
Concreted earthy or mineral matter ;
also ,
any particular mass of such matter ;
as ,
a house built of stone ;
the boy threw a stone ;
pebbles are rounded stones . "
Dumb as a stone ." --
Chaucer .
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They had brick for stone ,
and slime . . .
for mortar . --
Gen .
xi .
3 .
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Note :
In popular language ,
very large masses of stone are called rocks ;
small masses are called stones ;
and the finer kinds ,
gravel ,
or sand ,
or grains of sand .
Stone is much and widely used in the construction of buildings of all kinds ,
for walls ,
fences ,
piers ,
abutments ,
arches ,
monuments ,
sculpture ,
and the like .
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2 .
A precious stone ;
a gem . "
Many a rich stone ." --
Chaucer .
"
Inestimable stones ,
unvalued jewels ." --
Shak .
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3 .
Something made of stone .
Specifically :
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(
a )
The glass of a mirror ;
a mirror . [
Obs .]
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Lend me a looking -
glass ;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone ,
Why ,
then she lives . --
Shak .
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(
b )
A monument to the dead ;
a gravestone . --
Gray .
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Should some relenting eye Glance on the where our cold relics lie . --
Pope .
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4 . (
Med .)
A calculous concretion ,
especially one in the kidneys or bladder ;
the disease arising from a calculus .
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5 .
One of the testes ;
a testicle . --
Shak .
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6 . (
Bot .)
The hard endocarp of drupes ;
as ,
the stone of a cherry or peach .
See Illust .
of {
Endocarp }.
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7 .
A weight which legally is fourteen pounds ,
but in practice varies with the article weighed . [
Eng .]
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Note :
The stone of butchers '
meat or fish is reckoned at 8 lbs .;
of cheese ,
16 lbs .;
of hemp ,
32 lbs .;
of glass ,
5 lbs .
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8 .
Fig .:
Symbol of hardness and insensibility ;
torpidness ;
insensibility ;
as ,
a heart of stone .
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I have not yet forgot myself to stone . --
Pope .
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9 . (
Print .)
A stand or table with a smooth ,
flat top of stone ,
commonly marble ,
on which to arrange the pages of a book ,
newspaper ,
etc .,
before printing ; --
called also {
imposing stone }.
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Note :
Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other words to denote made of stone ,
containing a stone or stones ,
employed on stone ,
or ,
more generally ,
of or pertaining to stone or stones ;
as ,
stone fruit ,
or stone -
fruit ;
stone -
hammer ,
or stone hammer ;
stone falcon ,
or stone -
falcon .
Compounded with some adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone ;
as ,
stone -
dead ,
stone -
blind ,
stone -
cold ,
stone -
still ,
etc .
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{
Atlantic stone },
ivory . [
Obs .] "
Citron tables ,
or Atlantic stone ." --
Milton .
{
Bowing stone }.
Same as {
Cromlech }. --
Encyc .
Brit .
{
Meteoric stones },
stones which fall from the atmosphere ,
as after the explosion of a meteor .
{
Philosopher '
s stone }.
See under {
Philosopher }.
{
Rocking stone }.
See {
Rocking -
stone }.
{
Stone age },
a supposed prehistoric age of the world when stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for weapons and tools ; --
called also {
flint age }.
The {
bronze age }
succeeded to this .
{
Stone bass } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {
Serranus }
and allied genera ,
as {
Serranus Couchii },
and {
Polyprion cernium }
of Europe ; --
called also {
sea perch }.
{
Stone biter } (
Zool .),
the wolf fish .
{
Stone boiling },
a method of boiling water or milk by dropping hot stones into it , --
in use among savages .
--
Tylor .
{
Stone borer } (
Zool .),
any animal that bores stones ;
especially ,
one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow in limestone .
See {
Lithodomus },
and {
Saxicava }.
{
Stone bramble } (
Bot .),
a European trailing species of bramble ({
Rubus saxatilis }).
{
Stone -
break }. [
Cf .
G .
steinbrech .] (
Bot .)
Any plant of the genus {
Saxifraga };
saxifrage .
{
Stone bruise },
a sore spot on the bottom of the foot ,
from a bruise by a stone .
{
Stone canal }. (
Zool .)
Same as {
Sand canal },
under {
Sand }.
{
Stone cat } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of small fresh -
water North American catfishes of the genus {
Noturus }.
They have sharp pectoral spines with which they inflict painful wounds .
{
Stone coal },
hard coal ;
mineral coal ;
anthracite coal .
{
Stone coral } (
Zool .),
any hard calcareous coral .
{
Stone crab }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
A large crab ({
Menippe mercenaria })
found on the southern coast of the United States and much used as food .
(
b )
A European spider crab ({
Lithodes maia }).
{
Stone crawfish } (
Zool .),
a European crawfish ({
Astacus torrentium }),
by many writers considered only a variety of the common species ({
Astacus fluviatilis }).
{
Stone curlew }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
A large plover found in Europe ({
Edicnemus crepitans }).
It frequents stony places .
Called also {
thick -
kneed plover }
or {
bustard },
and {
thick -
knee }.
(
b )
The whimbrel . [
Prov .
Eng .]
(
c )
The willet . [
Local ,
U .
S .]
{
Stone crush }.
Same as {
Stone bruise },
above .
{
Stone eater }. (
Zool .)
Same as {
Stone borer },
above .
{
Stone falcon } (
Zool .),
the merlin .
{
Stone fern } (
Bot .),
a European fern ({
Asplenium Ceterach })
which grows on rocks and walls .
{
Stone fly } (
Zool .),
any one of many species of pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {
Perla }
and allied genera ;
a perlid .
They are often used by anglers for bait .
The larvae are aquatic .
{
Stone fruit } (
Bot .),
any fruit with a stony endocarp ;
a drupe ,
as a peach ,
plum ,
or cherry .
{
Stone grig } (
Zool .),
the mud lamprey ,
or pride .
{
Stone hammer },
a hammer formed with a face at one end ,
and a thick ,
blunt edge ,
parallel with the handle ,
at the other ,
--
used for breaking stone .
{
Stone hawk } (
Zool .),
the merlin ; --
so called from its habit of sitting on bare stones .
{
Stone jar },
a jar made of stoneware .
{
Stone lily } (
Paleon .),
a fossil crinoid .
{
Stone lugger }. (
Zool .)
See {
Stone roller },
below .
{
Stone marten } (
Zool .),
a European marten ({
Mustela foina })
allied to the pine marten ,
but having a white throat ; --
called also {
beech marten }.
{
Stone mason },
a mason who works or builds in stone .
{
Stone -
mortar } (
Mil .),
a kind of large mortar formerly used in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short distances .
{
Stone oil },
rock oil ,
petroleum .
{
Stone parsley } (
Bot .),
an umbelliferous plant ({
Seseli Labanotis }).
See under {
Parsley }.
{
Stone pine }. (
Bot .)
A nut pine .
See the Note under {
Pine },
and {
Pi [~
n ]
on }.
{
Stone pit },
a quarry where stones are dug .
{
Stone pitch },
hard ,
inspissated pitch .
{
Stone plover }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
The European stone curlew .
(
b )
Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the genus {
Esacus };
as ,
the large stone plover ({
Esacus recurvirostris }).
(
c )
The gray or black -
bellied plover . [
Prov .
Eng .]
(
d )
The ringed plover .
(
e )
The bar -
tailed godwit . [
Prov .
Eng .]
Also applied to other species of limicoline birds .
{
Stone roller }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
An American fresh -
water fish ({
Catostomus nigricans })
of the Sucker family .
Its color is yellowish olive ,
often with dark blotches .
Called also {
stone lugger },
{
stone toter }, {
hog sucker }, {
hog mullet }.
(
b )
A common American cyprinoid fish ({
Campostoma anomalum }); --
called also {
stone lugger }.
{
Stone '
s cast },
or {
Stone '
s throw },
the distance to which a stone may be thrown by the hand ;
as ,
they live a stone '
s throw from each other .
{
Stone snipe } (
Zool .),
the greater yellowlegs ,
or tattler .
[
Local ,
U .
S .]
{
Stone toter }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
See {
Stone roller }
(
a ),
above .
(
b )
A cyprinoid fish ({
Exoglossum maxillingua })
found in the rivers from Virginia to {
New York }.
It has a three -
lobed lower lip ; --
called also {
cutlips }.
{
To leave no stone unturned },
to do everything that can be done ;
to use all practicable means to effect an object .
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bustard \
bus "
tard \ (
b [
u ^]
s "
t [~
e ]
rd ),
n . [
OF . &
Prov .
F .
bistarde ,
F .
outarde ,
from L .
avis tarda ,
lit .,
slow bird .
--
Plin .
10 ,
22 ; "
proxim [
ae ]
iis sunt ,
quas Hispania aves tardas appellat ,
Gr [
ae ]
cia '
wti `
das ."] (
Zool .)
A bird of the genus {
Otis }.
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Note :
The great or {
bearded bustard } ({
Otis tarda })
is the largest game bird in Europe .
It inhabits the temperate regions of Europe and Asia ,
and was formerly common in Great Britain .
The {
little bustard } ({
Otis tetrax })
inhabits eastern Europe and Morocco .
Many other species are known in Asia and Africa .
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