Old English l??ferce, l??werce; related to Dutch leeuwerikand German Lerche; of unknown ultimate originearly 19th cent.: perhaps from dialect lakeplay, from Old Norse leika, but compare with skylark in the same sense, which is recorded earlier
英英釋義網(wǎng)絡釋義
noun
1.North American yellow-breasted songbirds
2.small songbirds resembling larks
3.any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing