pheasant: [13] Etymologically, the pheasant is a bird from the ‘Phasis’. This was a river in the Caucusus, where the pheasant is supposed according to legend to have originated. The Greeks therefore called it phāsiānós, the ‘Phasian bird’, and the word passed into English via Latin phāsiānus and Anglo-Norman fesaunt.
pheasant (n.)
late 13c. (mid-12c. as a surname), from Anglo-French fesaunt, Old French faisan (13c.) "pheasant," from Latin phasianus, from Greek phasianos "a pheasant," literally "Phasian bird," from Phasis, river flowing into the Black Sea in Colchis, where the birds were said to have been numerous. The ph- was restored in English late 14c. (see ph). The excrescent -t is due to confusion with -ant suffix of nouns formed from present participle of verbs in first Latin conjugation (peasant, tyrant, etc.).
雙語例句
1. The pheasant is a close relative of the Guinea hen.
雉與珍珠雞有很近的親緣關(guān)系。
來自柯林斯例句
2. A pheasant is a delicacy we seldom can enjoy.
野雞是我們很少能品嘗到的美味.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. We had roasted pheasant for dinner.
我們晚飯吃烤野雞.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. The sauce is good with other roasted game birds, too, not just pheasant.
這種調(diào)味汁不但配野雞好吃，配其他烤獵鳥也不錯。
來自柯林斯例句
5. A pheasant is a rare delicacy we seldom can enjoy.