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Definition of smew in English: smewnoun smjuːsmju A small migratory merganser (diving duck) of northern Eurasia, the male of which has white plumage with a crest and fine black markings. 锯齿鸭，斑头秋沙鸭 Mergus albellus, family Anatidae Example sentencesExamples - We are given a wonderful account of visits to Attu, the desolate, westernmost of the Aleutian Islands - and holy grail of birders - to see smews, pochards, and stragglers blowing in from Siberia.
- The estate is home to a variety of bird life, from breeding common terns, nightingales and tufted ducks to vast numbers of wintering birds, such as wigeon, smew and goosander.
- There are birds in the garden that are rarely seen in London, such as the common sandpiper, sedge warbler and lesser whitethroat, with smew and goosander on the lake in winter.
- The previous day, we'd seen a white-tailed eagle, little gulls, three smew and, most remarkable of all, a great white egret.
- In winter, small numbers of Smews visit Britain and Ireland, mostly on large lakes, reservoirs and estuaries in East Anglia and south-east England.
OriginLate 17th century: obscurely related to Dutch smient 'wigeon' and German Schmeiente 'small wild duck'. Rhymesaccrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo Definition of smew in US English: smewnounsmyo͞osmju A small migratory merganser of northern Eurasia, the male of which has white plumage with a crest and fine black markings. 锯齿鸭，斑头秋沙鸭 Mergus albellus, family Anatidae Example sentencesExamples - The estate is home to a variety of bird life, from breeding common terns, nightingales and tufted ducks to vast numbers of wintering birds, such as wigeon, smew and goosander.
- There are birds in the garden that are rarely seen in London, such as the common sandpiper, sedge warbler and lesser whitethroat, with smew and goosander on the lake in winter.
- In winter, small numbers of Smews visit Britain and Ireland, mostly on large lakes, reservoirs and estuaries in East Anglia and south-east England.
- The previous day, we'd seen a white-tailed eagle, little gulls, three smew and, most remarkable of all, a great white egret.
- We are given a wonderful account of visits to Attu, the desolate, westernmost of the Aleutian Islands - and holy grail of birders - to see smews, pochards, and stragglers blowing in from Siberia.
OriginLate 17th century: obscurely related to Dutch smient ‘wigeon’ and German Schmeiente ‘small wild duck’. |