puffin: [14] Puffin probably goes back to one of the ancestral Celtic languages of the British Isles – perhaps Cornish. Its English guise is no doubt due to its plump appearance, which suggested associations with puff [13] (a word which originated as an imitation of the sound of puffing).
puffin (n.)
North Atlantic seabird, mid-14c., perhaps connected with puff on notion of appearance, or from some Celtic word (earliest association is with Cornwall and Scilly), and altered by influence of puff.
实用例句
1. The Hatfield Puffin is a modern aeroplane, but its designer, Mr. John Wimpenny , is finding it difficult to get it off the ground.
哈特费尔德·普芬是一架时髦的飞机, 但设计这架飞机的人约翰·温佩尼先生感到很难使它飞离地面.
来自《用法词典》
2. N Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over each eye.
