bird
bird
英[bɜːd]美[bɜːrd]
n.鸟，禽，某类人，〈俚〉姑娘，妞；
复数：birds;
例句
He shot at a bird, but missed it.他开*打鸟, 但没打中。
I want to fly, I want to be an unfettered bird.我想要飞，想要做一只无拘无束的小鸟。
Watch that bird taking off from the branch!注意看那只鸟从枝头飞起来!
the talon of a bird of prey鸟类捕食的爪子
a sibilant bird call咝咝的唤鸟声
parlous bird机警的鸟
He likes the bird with exotic plumage.他喜欢那只有奇特羽毛的鸟。
the bird’s plaintive call鸟儿哀伤的叫声
A bird is soaring into the sky.一只鸟正飞向云端。
The bird perched on a big branch.鸟栖息在一根大树枝上。
英语六级真题
Writing in the journal, the scientists describe how the storks from Germany were clearly affected by the presence of waste sites, with four out of six birds that survived for at least five months overwintering on rubbish dumps in northern Morocco, instead of migrating to the Sahel.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文While many birds travelled along well-known routes to warmer climates, others stopped short and spent the winter on landfills, feeding on food waste, and the multitudes of insects that thrive on the dumps.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文They have seriously polluted the places where birds spend winter.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文They have led some birds to give up on migration.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文They have changed the previous migration habits of certain birds.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文The birds can easily eat pieces of plastic or rubber hands and they can die, said Flack.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文Migrating birds affect ecosystems both at home and at their winter destinations, and disrupting the traditional routes could have unexpected side effects.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文Landfill sites on the Iberian Peninsula have long attracted local white storks, but all of the Spanish birds tagged in the study flew across the Sahara Desert to the western Sahel.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文In the short-term, the birds seem to benefit from overwintering ( ' , 过冬) on rubbish dumps.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文For the birds, it's a very convenient way to get food.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文Andrea Flack of the Max Planck Institute found that birds following traditional migration routes were more likely to die than German storks that flew only as far as northern Morocco, and spent the winter there on rubbish dumps.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文Way up north in the Canadian Arctic, seabirds are picking up dangerous chemicals in the ocean and delivering them to ponds near where the birds live.
出自-2016年12月听力原文Some 10,000 pairs of the birds, called fulmars, a kind of Arctic seabird, make their nests on Devon Island, north at the Arctic circle.
出自-2016年12月听力原文People who live, hunt or fish near bird coloniesneed to be careful, the researchers say, The birds don’t mean to cause harm, but the chemicals they carry can cause major problems.
出自-2016年12月听力原文Other birds unknowingly carry seeds that cling to them for the ride.
出自-2016年12月听力原文In ponds closest to the colony, the result showed there were far more pollutants than the ponds less affected by the birds.
出自-2016年12月听力原文Canadian scientists have found a worrisome new example of the power that birds have to spread stuff around.
出自-2016年12月听力原文Birds flock together, fish school together, cattle herd together.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文He captures birds only to let them go when he realizes the cruelty involved.
出自-2013年6月听力原文The bird Clark's nutcracker, for example, hides up to 100, 000 seeds per year, up to 30 kilometers away from the seed source, and has a very close symbiotic(共生的) relationship with several pine species, most 32 notably the whitebark pine.
2016年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
鸟；禽
A bird is a creature with feathers and wings. Female birds lay eggs. Most birds can fly.
N-COUNT
小妞儿（可能具冒犯意味）
Some men refer to young women as birds. This use could cause offence.
PHRASE
（尤指对孩子讲的）性知识
Some people refer to the birds and the bees when they are talking about sex, especially to children.
PHRASE
坐牢；蹲班房
Someone who is doing bird is in prison.
例句
They warned him that next time he'd find himself doing bird.他们警告他下次他可能就要进监狱了。PHRASE
志趣相投的人；一路人
If you refer to two people as birds of a feather, you mean that they have the same interests or are very similar.
PHRASE
给…喝倒彩；嘘…
If an audience gives someone the bird, they shout loudly in order to show their disappointment or disapproval.
PHRASE
（表示侮辱）被竖中指/冲…竖中指
If you get the bird or if someone gives you the bird, they make a rude gesture with their middle finger at you.
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到手之物
A bird in the hand is something that you already have and do not want to risk losing by trying to get something else.
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消息灵通的人；某人
If you say that a little bird told you about something, you mean that someone has told you about it, but you do not want to say who it was.
PHRASE
（用于对人进行描述）…的人
Some people use the phrase old bird to refer to someone and say what they are like.
例句
As usual, Wheeler, a wise old bird, got it right...和往常一样，惠勒——一个非常聪明的人——又做对了。She was such a decent old bird.她是一个如此端庄的女人。PHRASE
少见的人；稀有之物；凤毛麟角
If you say that someone or something is a rare bird, you mean that they are very unusual.
PHRASE
一石二鸟；一箭双雕；一举两得
If you say that doing something will kill two birds with one stone, you mean that it will enable you to achieve two things that you want to achieve, rather than just one.
英汉词典释义
n.
鸟, 禽
All birds lay eggs.鸟都下蛋。A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.一鸟在手, 胜于二鸟在林。1 姑娘；妞 2 某类人；（尤指）古怪的人，不寻常的人
英英词典释义
Noun
1. warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
2. the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
3. informal terms for a (young) woman
4. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
5. badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
Verb
1. watch and study birds in their natural habitat
行业词典
体育： 碟靶；俯平衡；举髋部；高双托腹平衡；羽毛球；
动物学： 鸟；
