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    cygnet

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Birds
    cyg·net /ˈsɪɡnɪt/ noun [countable]  HBBa young swan 幼天鹅
    Examples from the Corpus
    cygnet• This cygnet has a broken leg.• Next stop Goring, with plenty more unsuspecting cygnets to find along the way.• A pair of swans cruised, with cygnets, and swallows were zipping to and fro above the water.    Origin cygnet (1400-1500) Old French cygne “swan”, from Latin cygnus
    cyg·net nounChineseSyllable
    a swan young Corpus


    cygnet
    cyg‧net /ˈsɪɡnət, ˈsɪɡnɪt/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1400-1500
     Language: Old French
     Origin: cygne 'swan', from Latin cygnus
    a young swan


    cyg·netBrE /ˈsɪɡnət/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɪɡnət/ 🔊 nouna young swan (= a large white bird with a long neck that lives on or near water) 幼天鹅