例句
英语四级真题
  • As a result, the museum plans to expand the hall, as well as add to its ancient birds collection.
    2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
  • During deep sleep, the participants' brains behaved in a similar manner seen in birds and dolphins.
    2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
  • During deep sleep,the participants' brains behaved in a similar manner seen in birds and dolphins.
    2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
  • He hopes now to train more birds.
    2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
  • He says that rooks, the chosen birds, are considered to be particularly intelligent.
    2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
  • However, some parents are concerned that it encourages their children to drop litter so they can watch the birds to pick it up.
    2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
  • pigeons are often seen as dirty birds and an urban nuisance but they are just the latest in a long line of animals that have been found to have abilities to help humans.
    2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
  • She also knew from previous work conducted on birds and dolphins that these animals put half of their brains to sleep at a time so that they can rest while remaining alert enough to avoid predators.
    2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
  • six birds have just been trained to pick up rubbish at a French historical theme park.
    2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
  • So far, visitors to the theme park have been excited to see the birds in action.
    2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
  • Some birds fly in groups for safety, while others fly alone.
    2017年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
  • Some birds migrate by flying to a warmer place for the winter, where they can find more food.
    2017年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
  • Some of those small mammals help to sustain such big birds as golden eagles.
    2019年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
  • The birds will be encouraged to clean the park through the use of a small box that delivers a small amount of bird food.
    2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
英语六级真题
  • He captures birds only to let them go when he realizes the cruelty involved.
    出自-2013年6月听力原文
  • Andrea Flack of the Max Planck Institute found that birds following traditional migration routes were more likely to die than German storks that flew only as far as northern Morocco, and spent the winter there on rubbish dumps.
    2017年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • birds flock together, fish school together, cattle herd together...just perceiving norms is enough to cause people to adjust their behaviour in the direction of the crowd.
    2015年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
  • In the short-term, the birds seem to benefit from overwintering on rubbish dumps.
    2017年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • Landfill sites on the Iberian Peninsula have long attracted local white storks, but all of the Spanish birds tagged in the study flew across the Sahara Desert to the western Sahel.
    2017年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • Many birds like to store food for the winter, which they subsequently retrieve.
    2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
  • migrating birds affect ecosystems both at home and at their winter destinations, and disrupting the traditional routes could have unexpected side effects.
    2017年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • Once every three or four years, when conditions are right, the lake is covered with the pink birds as they stop flight to breed.
    2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • "The birds can easily eat pieces of plastic or rubber hands and they can die, " said Flack.
    2017年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • They have led some birds to give up on migration.
    2017年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • Three-quarters of the world's flamingos fly over from other salt lakes in the Rift Valley and nest on salt-crystal islands that appear when the water is at a specific level一too high and the birds can't build their nests, too low and predators can move bri
    2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • When that happens, many trees like walnuts, oaks and pines, rely 30 exclusively on so-called "scatter-hoarders, " such as birds, to move their seeds to new localities.
    2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
  • When the birds forget to retrieve their food—and they do sometimes—a seedling has a chance to grow.
    2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
  • When the water hits the right level, the baby birds are kept safe from predators by a corrosive ditch.
    2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • While many birds travelled along well-known routes to warmer climates, others stopped short and spent the winter on landfills, feeding on food waste, and the multitudes of insects that thrive on the dumps.
    2017年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • Writing in the journal, the scientists describe how the storks from Germany were clearly affected by the presence of waste sites, with four out of six birds that survived for at least five months overwintering on rubbish dumps in northern Morocco, instead
    2017年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • N-COUNT
    鸟;禽
    A bird is a creature with feathers and wings. Female birds lay eggs. Most birds can fly.
  • N-COUNT
    小妞儿(可能具冒犯意味)
    Some men refer to young women as birds. This use could cause offence.
  • PHRASE
    (尤指对孩子讲的)性知识
    Some people refer to the birds and the bees when they are talking about sex, especially to children.
  • PHRASE
    坐牢;蹲班房
    Someone who is doing bird is in prison.
    例句
    They warned him that next time he'd find himself doing bird. 他们警告他下次他可能就要进监狱了。
  • PHRASE
    志趣相投的人;一路人
    If you refer to two people as birds of a feather, you mean that they have the same interests or are very similar.
  • PHRASE
    给…喝倒彩;嘘…
    If an audience gives someone the bird, they shout loudly in order to show their disappointment or disapproval.
  • PHRASE
    (表示侮辱)被竖中指/冲…竖中指
    If you get the bird or if someone gives you the bird, they make a rude gesture with their middle finger at you.
  • PHRASE
    到手之物
    A bird in the hand is something that you already have and do not want to risk losing by trying to get something else.
  • PHRASE
    消息灵通的人;某人
    If you say that a little bird told you about something, you mean that someone has told you about it, but you do not want to say who it was.
  • PHRASE
    (用于对人进行描述)…的人
    Some people use the phrase old bird to refer to someone and say what they are like.
    例句
    As usual, Wheeler, a wise old bird, got it right... 和往常一样,惠勒——一个非常聪明的人——又做对了。 She was such a decent old bird. 她是一个如此端庄的女人。
  • PHRASE
    少见的人;稀有之物;凤毛麟角
    If you say that someone or something is a rare bird, you mean that they are very unusual.
  • PHRASE
    一石二鸟;一箭双雕;一举两得
    If you say that doing something will kill two birds with one stone, you mean that it will enable you to achieve two things that you want to achieve, rather than just one.
行业词典
  • 生物学: 鸟类;