| 词汇 | murder-of-crows |
| 释义 | a murder of crowsphrase a group of crows(= large black birds): The crow's association with death as a result of its tendency to scavenge on the battlefield probably led to the sinister term 'murder of crows'. A murder of crows had roosted in the tree and were cawing loud enough to wake the whole neighbourhood. A whole murder of crows took off from the lawn. See also murdernoun(GROUP) Why do we refer to a flock of crows as a "murder of crows"? |
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