thrush

thrush1
noun
  1. a small or medium-sized songbird, typically having a brown back, spotted breast, and loud song
    鸫；歌鸫
  2. Family Turdidae (the thrush family): many genera, in particular Turdus, and numerous species . The thrush family also includes the chats, robins, blackbirds, nightingales, redstarts, and wheatears
    鸫科：（即鸟） 多属，尤指鸫属，众多种。鸫科包括鸣禽、欧鸲、乌鸫、哥鸲、红尾鸲和穗（即鸟）
语源
  1. Old English thrysce, of Germanic origin; related to throstle
thrush2
noun
[mass noun]
  1. infection of the mouth and throat by a yeast-like fungus, causing whitish patches
    鹅口疮，真菌性口炎。 亦称 candidiasis
  2. The fungus belongs to the genus Candida, subdivision Deuteromycotina, in particular C. albicans
    该真菌属于假丝酵母属，半知菌亚门，尤指白假丝酵母菌
    ■infection of the female genitals with the same fungus
    （女性生殖器的）真菌炎，念珠菌炎
  3. a chronic condition affecting the frog of a horse's foot, causing the accumulation of a dark, foul-smelling substance
    马蹄病；（马的）蹄叉腐疽。 亦称canker
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: origin uncertain; sense 1 possibly related to Swedish torsk and Danish troske; sense 2 perhaps from dialect frush in the same sense, perhaps from Old French fourchette 'frog of a horse's hoof'
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