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blackbirds

UK //ˈblækbɜːdz//US //ˈblækbɜːrdz//

词源

源自中古英语 'blakbird',由 'black'(黑色)和 'bird'(鸟)组合而成,指羽毛呈黑色的鸟类。

noun

❶ 指黑鸟,一种常见的小型鸣禽,羽毛呈黑色或深色,常成群活动。

“A flock of blackbirds flew over the field at sunset.”

(一群黑鸟在日落时分飞过田野。)

“The blackbirds were singing loudly in the trees.”

(黑鸟在树上高声鸣叫。)

同义词:thrushes, songbirds, merles

常见短语

four and twenty blackbirds — 源自童谣《Sing a Song of Sixpence》,常用来指代一群黑鸟或象征性的意象。

“The nursery rhyme begins with 'Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye, four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.'”

(这首童谣开头是‘唱一首六便士的歌,口袋里装满黑麦,二十四只黑鸟被烤进派里’。)