名詞 partridge:

1. flesh of either quail or grouse
2. heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
   同義詞：tinamou
3. small Old World gallinaceous game birds
4. a popular North American game bird; named for its call
   同義詞：bobwhite, bobwhite quail
5. valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
   同義詞：ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus

1. There is a dish of partridge at supper.
   晚飯時(shí)有一盤(pán)鷓鴣?zhàn)龅牟恕?/div>

par.tridge

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 partridge 或 par.tridg.es
Any of several plump-bodied Old World game birds, especially of the generaPerdix and Alectoris, related to the pheasants and grouse.
山鶉，山鷓鴣：幾種體型圓胖的舊大陸豬鳥(niǎo)中的任一種，尤指與雉和松雞有關(guān)的山鶉屬 和 石雞屬
Any of several birds, such as the ruffed grouse or the bobwhite, similar or related to the partridge.
山鶉類(lèi)：幾種類(lèi)似山鶉或與山鶉有關(guān)的鳥(niǎo)中的任一種，如披肩榛雞和白喉鶉

來(lái)源：
Middle English partrich
中古英語(yǔ) partrich
from Old French perdriz
源自 古法語(yǔ) perdriz
alteration of perdis
perdis的變化
from Latin perdox
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) perdox
from Greek perdix * see perd-
源自 希臘語(yǔ) perdix *參見(jiàn) perd-