dipper的词源

英文词源

dipper (n.)

late 14c., as a type of ping bird, agent noun from dip (v.). As a ladle or long-handled utensil for drawing liquid, from 1783, chiefly American English. As the popular U.S. name for the asterism known in Britain as The Plough or Charles' Wain, attested by 1833.

中文词源

dipper：河乌

来自dip, 浸，潜，用来指河乌，一种潜水乌。

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