| 词汇 | hummingbird |
| 词源 | hummingbird. These beautiful little American birds, some of which weigh less than a penny, take their name from the humming sound their wings make when they hover over a flower. The “flying jewels” were so admired in early times that American Indians often dried and pressed them for use as earrings. |
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