kingfishers

英 [ˈkɪŋˌfɪʃəz]

美 [ˈkɪŋˌfɪʃərz]

n.  翠鸟
kingfisher的复数

柯林斯词典

• 翠鸟
  Akingfisheris a brightly-coloured bird which lives near rivers and lakes and catches fish.

双语例句

• Bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers.
  非洲和亚洲的热带鸟，其嘴巨大且长在多骨的凸起物上；与翠鸟近缘。
• We saw kingfishers while indigenous fishermen paddled by in dugout canoes, their wicker baskets filled with river oysters.
  我们也看到了翠鸟，也与划着独木舟的当地土著渔民擦身而过，他们的柳筐中装满了河蚌。
• Herons plodded the shores, kingfishers and cuckoos clattered from sunlight to shade, great turkeylike birds fussed in dead branches, and hawks hung overhead.
  苍鹭在岸边缓缓地迈着步子，翠鸟和杜鹃欢叫着从阳光里飞入树荫，火鸡模样的大鸟在枯枝间忙碌，鹰在头上盘旋。
• As usual, a pair of White-Breasted Kingfishers nest near my home this summer.
  每年夏天，白胸翡翠都会在我家附近营巢育雏。
• The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers
  污染可能会造成河边大量繁殖的翠鸟大批死亡。
• Kingfishers hunting at Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda.
  翠鸟猎食在王后伊丽莎白国家公园，乌干达。