American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer. 雄鸟羽毛夏季呈黄色的美洲雀鸟。
Connie: Tell me the truth, Maria. What happened with Sam Finch? 康妮:告诉我真相,玛丽亚,你和山姆&8226;芬奇怎么样了?
finch
[ noun ] any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds <noun.animal>
Finch \Finch\ (f[i^]nch), n.; pl. {Finches} (f[i^]nch"[e^]z). [AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.] (Zo["o]l.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family {Fringillid[ae]}.
Note: The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch, goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc.
{Bramble finch}. See {Brambling}.
{Canary finch}, the canary bird.
{Copper finch}. See {Chaffinch}.
{Diamond finch}. See under {Diamond}.
{Finch falcon} (Zo["o]l.), one of several very small East Indian falcons of the genus {Hierax}.
{To pull a finch}, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting person. [Obs.] ``Privily a finch eke could he pull.'' --Chaucer.
Rushing to a bedroom, she and a friend, Terry DeLoach, found her three-tier, bamboo finch cage swinging wildly and a gray-and-white hawk struggling to return to freedom.