English Dictionary

woodcock

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈwʊd.kɒk/

名詞

Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, of the family Scolopacidae, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage. / A simpleton.

日本語の意味

Scolopacidae科に属し、Scolopax属の渡り鳥で、長い細いくちばしと茶色や黒に近い目立たない羽毛を持つ鳥 / 馬鹿、愚か者（俗語としての意味）

At dusk, the woodcock probed the soggy forest floor with its long bill, nearly invisible among the leaf litter.

夕暮れ時、ヤマシギは長いくちばしで湿った林床を探り、落ち葉の中でほとんど見分けがつかなかった。

意味（1）

Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, of the family Scolopacidae, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.

[A]h, that was the woodcock and the goatsucker - yes, yes! it sounds strange to him, that hasn't heard him[.]

意味（2）

A simpleton.

If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you / Run your neck into the noose, and cry, A woodcock!

woodcock （ plural ）

woodcocks （ plural ）