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

• We have found that densities of insectivorous songbirds can be higher along salmon streams than along waterways that do not support spawning salmon, suggesting that the bird communities respond to the abundance of insects produced by the harvest of salmon carcasses.
  我们发现有鲑鱼的溪流中，食虫鸣鸟的密度比无法供鲑鱼产卵的水道还高，可见鸟类社会对鲑鱼残骸能产生大量昆虫是有回应的。
• And, like songbirds, if the dragonflies hit the ocean, they turned and headed down the coast.
  同样同鸣禽一样，遇到海洋，它们就会掉头沿着海岸线前行。
• Other songbirds, such as wrens, have hundreds of songs.
  有的鸣鸟，例如鹪鹩，会唱几百只歌。
• Scientists have discovered that some migratory songbirds settle on where to set up home by listening to the singing of others that have successfully raised a family in a particular habitat.
  科学家们发现，一些迁徙的鸣禽通过聆听其它鸟儿的鸣叫，来决定在哪里安家那些鸟儿已经在某个特定栖息地成功地组建家庭。
• Any of several North American songbirds of the genus Sialia, having blue plumage and usually a rust-colored breast in the male.
  蓝鸫一种北美洲蓝鸫属鸣鸟，羽毛呈蓝色，雄鸟的胸多呈淡红色。
• Songbirds sing to entice mates, and the timing of those songs is often regulated by sunlight.
  鸣鸟会通过唱歌吸引伴侣，而唱歌的时间是随着阳光调整的。
• Try listening to music recordings, such as a pounding surf or songbirds, to help you relax.
  试着听听音乐，这有助于你放松身心，例如听听海浪拍打岩石或鸟儿歌唱的声音。这些磁带市面上有卖。
• Any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds.
  有短的、坚硬的且适于咀嚼种子的嘴的多种小鸟。
• 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。
• There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds. She took them home and put them in a small cage.
  女孩儿把它们带回了家，放在了一个小笼子里。