pheas.ant

pheasant的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈfezənt]
KK音标发音： [ˈfɛzənt]

pheasant的词性：
n.（名词）

1. Any of various Old World birds of the family Phasianidae, especially the ring-necked pheasant introduced in North America, characteristically having long tails and, in the males of many species, brilliantly colored plumage.
雉鸡，野鸡：一种欧亚大陆的雉科鸟，尤指从北美洲引进的颈上有环纹的雉鸡，特征是长尾巴、雄性有许多种华丽多彩的羽毛

2. Any of several other birds that resemble the pheasant, such as the partridge.
雉科鸟：类似于雉的其它鸟类，如山鹑

pheasant的词源：

3. Middle English fesaunt
中古英语 fesaunt

4. from Old French fesan
源自 古法语 fesan

5. from Latin ph3si3nus
源自 拉丁语 ph3si3nus

6. from Greek phasianos (ornis) [(bird) of the Phasis River, pheasant]
源自 希腊语 phasianos (ornis) [法西斯河的（鸟），雉鸡]

7. from Phasis [the Phasis River of western Georgia]
源自 法西斯 [佐治亚西部的法西斯河]