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

• Effect of Sex Hormones on Song Plasticity in Adult Songbirds
  性激素对成年鸣禽鸣唱可塑性的影响
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Germany studied five common forest-breeding songbirds.
  德国马普鸟类学院的科学家研究了五种常见的林鸟。
• 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。
• Songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast.
  歌鸟，特征是身体上部羽毛略带褐色，胸部有斑点。
• Blackbirds and thrushes are songbirds.
  黑鹂和鸫是鸣禽。
• 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。