| 单词 | cushat |
| 例句 | The cushat in the thicket of spruce hears the west wind’s lullaby, and ceases to croodle. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z Here a cushat occasionally dashed away, or a jay awoke the echoes at safe distance. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z How quiet and still it was, only the breeze in the elms, the cuckoo’s notes, and the murmur of the unseen cushat! The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Meanwhile more and more stars came out, cushat’s croodle and song of bird gave place to the deep mournful notes of the brown owl, and the gloaming deepened into night. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z Young cushats and cushats' eggs can be obtained from their wicker-like nests, and sold in the villages. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Away went a couple of startled cushats from their dark roost in the firs, followed by a dozen more, the flapping of their wings resounding like pistol-shots in the stillness of the covert. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z The blue cushat's "croodle" and its mournful love monologue moved her to sympathetic tears. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z This charming spot is the home par excellence of the merle and thrush, the saucy robin, the bold pert chaffie, and murmuring cushat. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z While the cushat rejoices that she is out of the reach of mischievous boys,— Coo, coo, come now, Little lad With thy gad, Come not thou! Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z As for my Pers, if better don’t turn up, we can whistle them off at a cushat.” No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Fair to the eye were the velvety coppices, with their newly-donned mantles of bright green, whence issued the soft coo of the turtle-dove, and the flap of the cushat’s wing among the branches. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z I do not love The eyrie, but low woodland nest Of cushat dove: Not wind, but calm; not toil, but rest And sleep in grassy meadow's breast. The Two Twilights 2010-12-25T03:00:12.393Z It lies just in the bosom of woods, too, in the centre of a lovely haugh, where the river soughs along, like the echo of the cooing of the cushats in the plantations. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 "The cushat doesna use to coo when the owl flies," said she. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 The peregrines had killed cushat and partridge, the merlin its half-score of buntings and turtle-doves, and the ladies having had a surfeit of sport, were about setting faces homeward. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Shyest of the winged sylvans, the cushat clapped not her wings away on the soft approach of such harmless footsteps to the pine that concealed her slender nest. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) She covered her with noiseless kisses; she murmured love over her, like a cushat fostering its young. Shirley We heard the note of the cushats from a neighboring bush. Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland As she sat thus the soft cry of the cushat fell upon her ears. The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, December 1875 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad A more descriptive name is that of ringdove, easily explained by the white collar, but the bird is also known as cushat, queest, or even culver. Birds in the Calendar But the cushat got free for a’ that,” said the wee wifie, with nods and smiles and shrill laughter. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not She sang so sweetly that a cushat dove flew down from a tree and followed her. The National Nursery Book With 120 illustrations Around them the singing of the birds, the cooing of the cushat doves and the buzzing of the bees, mingled in dreamy cadence. Under the Rose I used to miss the lark’s song in the morning, and the evening voices of the cushat and the blackbird. Janet's Love and Service I trust thou hast come home to work like a decent lass, and not sit moaning with thine hands afore thee like a cushat dove. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada The sudden whirr of a cushat is an incident, or the leaping of a lamb among the broom. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 Neither is it particularly intellectual, for its nest shows no more contrivance than that of a cushat dove. The Personal Life of David Livingstone Withdrawn in shadow, he thinketh over Harsh thoughts, the fruit-laden trees among, Till pheasants call their young to cover, And cushats coo them a nursery song. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. I heard the chanting waters flow, The cushat's note, the bee's low humming,— Then turned the hedge, and did not know,— How could I?—that my time was coming. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. Shyest of the winged silvans, the cushat clapped not her wings away on the soft approach of her harmless footsteps to the pine that concealed her slender nest. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 476, February 12, 1831 When the bride was "as Eagles wish to be who love their lords"—devoted unto her was the bridegroom, even as the cushat murmuring to his brooding mate in the central pine-grove of a forest. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 A cushat I will presently procure and give to her Who loves me: I know where it sits; up in the juniper. Theocritus, translated into English Verse The cushat stands Amid the topmost boughs, with azure vest, And neck aslant, listening the amorous coo Of her, his mate, who, with maternal wing Wide-spread, sits brooding on opponent tree. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 322, July 12, 1828 Her fellow maids in copse and lane, Ah! still, methinks, I hear them calling; The wind's soft whisper in the plain, The cushat's coo, the water's falling. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. Still, there are always the pigeons and the cushats, the wicked magpies and the screaming "jaypies," as the local people call the jays. A Cotswold Village Peace be on thee, my beloved, as long as the cushat flies, As long as the turtles warble, as long as the zephyrs blow! The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II I scorn my maid; for when she took my cushat, she did not Draw with both hands my face to hers and kiss me on the spot. Theocritus, translated into English Verse The offspring nestled to the parent, who gathered her to her bosom, covered her with noiseless kisses, and murmured love over her like a cushat fostering its young. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction "Ay! you will labour at the monk's lessons till you turn monk yourself," answered Halbert.—"Mary, will you go with me, and I will show you the cushat's nest I told you of?" The Monastery But hath my fledgeling cushat here slept ill? Locrine: a tragedy Silent here are lark and plover; In the cover Deep below the cushat best Loves his mate, and croons above her O'er their nest, Where the wide-winged hawk doth hover. Ballads in Blue China We heard the note of the cushats from a neighbouring bush. Penelope's Experiences in Scotland |
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