woodpecker

英 [ˈwʊdpekə(r)]

美 [ˈwʊdpekər]

n.  啄木鸟

复数：woodpeckers　

CET6

BNC.24508 / COCA.16605

牛津词典

noun

• 啄木鸟
  a bird with a long beak that it uses to make holes in trees when it is looking for insects to eat

柯林斯词典

• 啄木鸟
  Awoodpeckeris a type of bird with a long sharp beak. Woodpeckers use their beaks to make holes in tree trunks.

英英释义

noun

• bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
  Synonym:peckerwoodpecker

双语例句

• As I search for them, I see a downy woodpecker spiraling up a birch tree, its blaze of reds as sharp as a tongue of flame.
  我四处查看，发现了一支身披厚厚羽毛的啄木鸟正沿着白桦树盘旋上升，它那鲜红的色彩宛如跳跃的火焰。
• Small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees.
  以苹果树和枫树等树木的树汁为食的美洲小啄木鸟。
• But they are not enough to stand on the trees. A woodpecker needs help from its tail.
  它在树上自由攀登可不能没有这个神奇的尾巴。
• Originally, I thought I was just taking a picture of a green woodpecker flying.
  一开始我只以为自己拍下了啄木鸟飞起来的照片。
• John Fitzpatrick, director of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and one of the leading figures in the search for the woodpecker, agrees there is a high probability that the bird is gone.
  约翰·帕特里克作为康奈尔鸟类学实验室的一把手同时那次搜寻啄木鸟行动中的领军人物之一，认为该种鸟类非常可能已经消失殆尽。
• Black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck.
  红头红颈的黑白色北美洲啄木鸟。
• But if it's a woodpecker she will find no man at all.
  但倘若看到的是一只啄木鸟的话那她就不会找到如意郎君。
• Wow! Is the long red thread its tongue, like that of a woodpecker?
  哗，条红色嘅长形物体系唔系佢条脷，好似啄木鸟噉呢？
• The woodpecker pecked a hole in the tree.
  啄木鸟在树上啄了一个洞。
• As most careers are at best only medium-successful, the trick is not to make like a woodpecker.
  由于大多数职业最多只能算一般成功，因此，我们就不要学习啄木鸟。