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单词 ploverness
释义

ploverness

English

Etymology

plover + -ness

Noun

ploverness (uncountable)

  1. (nonce word) The essence of what it means to be a plover; the qualities that make a plover what it is.
    • 2007, Douglas Carlson, Roger Tory Peterson: A Biography, University of Texas Press, page 200
      He has no problem with Graves painting “what he feels about what he sees,” but for Peterson, it just doesn't work with birds: “The critic will ask 'isn't it just the very essence of ploverness?' My answer is 'hardly; I know too damn much about plovers.'"
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