Canary



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 金丝雀, 女歌星

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural canaries)

• Etymology: Middle French canarie, from Old Spanish canario, from Islas Canarias Canary Islands
• Date: 1584
• 1. a Canary Islands usually sweet wine similar to Madeira
• 2. a lively 16th century court dance
• 3. a small finch (Serinus canarius syn. S. canaria) of the Canary Islands that is usually greenish to yellow and is kept as a cage bird and singer
• 4. slang informer 2

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