laverockとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 laveroc, laverke, from 古期英語 lāferce, variant of older lāwerce, lǣwerce. More at lark.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈlævəɹək/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈlævəɹək/, /leɪvɹək/
• (Scotland) IPA: /levɹək/, /levəɹək/

名詞

laverock (plural laverocks)

1. (Scotland and Northern England or archaic) lark (bird).
   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     She was young and blithe, with a face like an April morning, and a voice in her that put the laverocks to shame.

派生語

• sandy laverock

参照

• “laverock”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.