penguin
Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order…Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage.
» Surprisingly, there are people in Japan who keep penguins as pets.
Как ни удивительно, но в Японии есть люди, которые держат пингвинов в качестве домашних питомцев.
Значение
значений: 5Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage.
Pinguin
пингви́нpingvín
пінгві́нpinhvín
(сленг)A nun.
A type of catch where the palm of the hand is facing towards the leg with the arm stretched downward, resembling the flipper of a penguin.
(Британия, сленг)A member of the air force who does not fly aircraft.
(историческое, устаревшее)An auk (sometimes especially a great auk), a bird of the Northern Hemisphere.
- short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers
Примеры
предложений: 108Surprisingly, there are people in Japan who keep penguins as pets.
Как ни удивительно, но в Японии есть люди, которые держат пингвинов в качестве домашних питомцев.
I hear that there are people in Japan who keep penguins as pets.
Я слышал, в Японии есть люди, которые держат пингвинов в качестве домашних животных.
I hear that there are people in Japan that keep penguins as pets.
Я слышал, что в Японии есть люди, которые держат пингвинов в качестве домашних животных.
Tom told me I walked like a penguin.
Том сказал мне, что я хожу как пингвин.
deTom sagte zu mir, ich würde gehen wie ein Pinguin.
Are penguins good swimmers?
Пингвины хорошо плавают?
ukПінгвіни добре плавають?
Переводы
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Происхождение
Uncertain. First attested in the 16th century in reference to the auk of the Northern hemiUncertain. First attested in the 16th century in reference to the auk of the Northern hemisphere; the word was later applied to the superficially similar birds of the Southern hemisphere (as was woggin). Possibly from Welsh pen (“head”) and gwyn (“white”), or from Latin pinguis (“fat”). See citations and the Wikipedia article.
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