名詞 bittern:

1. relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes

bittern

n.（名詞）
Any of several wading birds of the generaBotaurus and Ixobrychus, having mottled, brownish plumage and a deep, booming cry in the male.
麻鳽：一種麻鳽屬 和 Ixobrychus屬 的涉水禽鳥(niǎo)，有斑駁的褐色羽毛，雄鳥(niǎo)叫聲悠長(zhǎng)而嘹亮

來(lái)源：
Middle English bitour [with] -n perhaps from heron
中古英語(yǔ) bitour [連同] -n 可能源自 heron
from Old French butor
源自 古法語(yǔ) butor
possibly from Vulgar Latin *buti-taurus
可能源自 俗拉丁語(yǔ) *buti-taurus
Latin bôtiô [buzzard]
拉丁語(yǔ) bôtiô [美洲兀鷹]
Latin taurus [bull (after its cry)] * see tauro-
拉丁語(yǔ) taurus [公牛（源自其叫聲）] *參見(jiàn) tauro-

bittern
bittern 2

n.（名詞）
The bitter water solution of bromides, magnesium, and calcium salts remaining after sodium chloride is crystallized out of seawater.
鹽鹵：氯化鈉在海水中結(jié)晶后遺留的溴化物、鎂和鈣鹽的苦味水溶物

來(lái)源：
From bitter
源自 bitter