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A cygnet is a young swan — the baby, not the tall white bird you already picture. Cygnets are smaller and usually grey or brown at first, a little fluffy and awkward on land, swimming in a line behind their parents. It is a rather or countryside word. Plenty of people just say “baby swan.” You will meet cygnet on park signs, in nature notes, and in poems. It is only this: a swan that is still young. It does not mean a pretty little thing in general, and it is not a kind of ring.
小天鵝
組成From an old French “little” form of the word for swan, from Latin cygnus / cycnus, from Ancient Greek κύκνος, all meaning “swan.”
同家族的字
- Cygnusthe Latin name still used for the swan constellation; same swan-root
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Cygnetname
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A village in Ohio, United States.
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A town in Huon Valley council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.
cygnetnoun/ˈsɪɡ.nɪt/
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The young of a swan.
- I am the cygnet to this pale faint swan, Who chants a doleful hymn to his own death, And from the organ-pipe of frailty sings His soul and body to their lasting rest.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。