名詞 partridge:

1. flesh of either quail or grouse
2. heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
   同義詞：tinamou
3. small Old World gallinaceous game birds
4. a popular North American game bird; named for its call
   同義詞：bobwhite, bobwhite quail
5. valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
   同義詞：ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus

1. There is a dish of partridge at supper.
   晚飯時有一盤鷓鴣做的菜。

par.tridge

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 partridge 或 par.tridg.es
Any of several plump-bodied Old World game birds, especially of the generaPerdix and Alectoris, related to the pheasants and grouse.
山鶉，山鷓鴣：幾種體型圓胖的舊大陸豬鳥中的任一種，尤指與雉和松雞有關(guān)的山鶉屬 和 石雞屬
Any of several birds, such as the ruffed grouse or the bobwhite, similar or related to the partridge.
山鶉類：幾種類似山鶉或與山鶉有關(guān)的鳥中的任一種，如披肩榛雞和白喉鶉

來源：
Middle English partrich
中古英語 partrich
from Old French perdriz
源自 古法語 perdriz
alteration of perdis
perdis的變化
from Latin perdox
源自 拉丁語 perdox
from Greek perdix * see perd-
源自 希臘語 perdix *參見 perd-