songbirds

英 [ˈsɒŋbɜːdz]

美 [ˈsɔŋˌbɜrdz]

n.  鸣禽
songbird的复数

柯林斯词典

• 鸣鸟;鸣禽
  Asongbirdis a bird that produces musical sounds which are like singing. There are many different kinds of songbird.

双语例句

• One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds.
  一天，她走在丛林中，发现两只快要饿死的小鸟。
• If the analysis by the researchers is confirmed, mice can be added to the short list of creatures that sing in the presence of the opposite sex, including songbirds, humpback whales, porpoises, insects and, possibly, bats.
  如果研究者们的分析能够得到证实，老鼠可以加入会在异性面前“唱歌”的生物之列，这类动物包括鸣雀、座头鲸、昆虫，可能还有蝙蝠。
• The strategy reveals that dragonflies have very similar migration patterns to small songbirds in terms of the route they take and when they fly.
  研究发现蜻蜓的迁徙方式同其他的小鸣禽相比，无论是迁徙路线还是时间，都是十分相识。
• While both male and female songbirds can call, usually only the male sings.
  雄鸟雌鸟都会叫唤，但通常只有雄鸟才唱歌。
• Any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing.
  大群出现的小歌鸟，以飞行的昆虫为食。
• Any of various small, often brownish or grayish Old World songbirds of the family silviidae, as the blackcap and the whitethroat.
  鸣禽任何一种属于银莺科的小型、常为棕色或灰色的东半球歌鸟，如黑顶莺和灰莺。
• Any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America.
  欧洲和北美洲多种吃种子的歌鸟。
• A small bird, such as a titmouse. small songbirds resembling larks.
  与云雀相象的小歌鸟。
• The two little songbirds were blown out of their nest last week by a strong wind.
  在上个星期，这两只小歌唱家的巢被强风吹毁了。
• Among other things, he explains, they are biodiversity hot spots in the West, home to a variety of songbirds.
  」解释道，白杨树丛是美国西部的生物多样性热点，许多鸣禽以它们为家。