wren

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wren /ren/ noun [countable]  HBBa very small brown bird 鹪鹩〔一种褐色小鸟〕

Examples from the Corpus

wren• Today I heard a wren singing.• A wren scrabbled in leaf litter a few yards away: tiny, rufous-brown, pert tailed.• Cactus wrens and Inca doves nest in thick tangles of mesquite.• Members of the crew who also include wrens, will take part in a number of sporting fixtures and visits.• The little wren does the same and is shy but smug in her self-reliance.• Moorhens, wrens and woodpeckers all include species that, in some circumstances, behave in this way.• A loud burst of singing gave away the presence of the ubiquitous wren.nWren noun infml  na member of the wrnsOrigin wren Old English wrenna

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brown small very a Corpus bird

Wren

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Wren noun informal
a member of the WRNS

II

Wren, Sir Christopher
(1632–1723) a British architect who built many churches in London, including Saint Paul's Cathedral, and other buildings in the UK, such as the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford

wren
wren /ren/ noun [countable]a very small brown bird

wrenBrE /ren/ 🔊NAmE /ren/ 🔊 nouna very small brown bird 鹪鹩（形小，浅褐色）