| 词汇 | phoebe |
| 词源 | phoebe. Named in imitation of the bird’s cry—a long-held “phee-bee pheebe” that strongly resembles the female name Phoebe—this flycatcher (Sayornis phoebe) has been known since colonial times. Theodore Dreiser’s “The Lost Phoebe,” (1929), about the love and loneliness of a bereaved old farmer, is among the most beautiful of American short stories. |
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