• n. [鳥(niǎo)] 虎皮鸚鵡；相思鸚鵡（等于budgie）

來(lái)自澳大利亞土著語(yǔ)。budgeri, 好的。gar, 鳥(niǎo)叫，擬聲詞。參照英語(yǔ)garrulous, 話(huà)多的。

budgerigar

budgerigar: [19] When the first English settlers arrived at Port Jackson (now Sydney Harbour) in the late 18th century, they heard the local Aborigines referring to a small green parrot-like bird as budgerigar. In the local language, this meant literally ‘good’ (budgeri) ‘cockatoo’ (gar). The English language had acquired a new word, but to begin with it was not too sure how to spell it; the first recorded attempt, in Leichhardt’s Overland Expedition 1847, was betshiregah. The abbreviated budgie is 1930s.

budgerigar (n.)

1847, from Native Australian, said to mean "good cockatoo," from budgeri "good" + gar "cockatoo."

1. The budgerigar a quick peck at the seed.

虎皮鸚鵡匆匆地啄了一下種子.

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