penguin

英 [ˈpeŋɡwɪn]

美 [ˈpeŋɡwɪn]

n.  企鹅

复数：penguins　

TEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.10464 / COCA.10209

牛津词典

noun

• 企鹅
  a black and white bird that lives in the Antarctic. Penguins cannot fly but use their wings for swimming. There are several types of penguin , some of them very large but some of them quite small.

柯林斯词典

• 企鹅
  Apenguinis a type of large black and white sea bird found mainly in the Antarctic. Penguins cannot fly but use their short wings for swimming.

英英释义

noun

• short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers

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