cuckoos

英 [ˈkʊkuːz]

美 [ˈkukuz]

n.  杜鹃(鸟); 布谷鸟
cuckoo的复数

柯林斯词典

• 杜鹃(鸟);布谷鸟
  Acuckoois a bird that has a call of two quick notes, and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.

双语例句

• Yet the US economy is roughly six times as large as the UK's. The UK's cuckoos are too big.
  然而美国经济的规模是英国大约6倍。英国的坏账过于庞大。
• They have tested the idea that cuckoos mimic hawks& or, at least, that warblers think cuckoos look hawklike.
  他们已测试了这种观点，杜鹃模仿老鹰&或者，至少鸣禽认为杜鹃看起来像老鹰。
• And what cuckoos say, you know.
  杜鹃怎么叫，你知讲。
• Sometimes the mother bird starves her own offspring because of the cuckoos incessant de-mands.
  有时候，母鸟把自己的孩子活活饿死了，就因为布谷鸟不断地要吃的。
• Amid fears cuckoos are falling victim to an ever more unsettled climate and aggressive modern farming methods, the charity asked Britons to go on alert for the noisy birds.
  由于担心它会成为日趋多变的气候以及掠夺式的现代耕作方法的牺牲品，该慈善团体要求英国人特别留意这种聒噪的鸟儿。
• Presumed non-hepatic morph adult Lesser Cuckoos have shown this same contrast, between a very dark rump ( which does not contrast with the tail) and a paler upper back.
  假设非赤色型的小杜鹃也会出现这样的对比：暗色的腰部（与尾羽不形成对比）和比较淡色的上背部。
• I have read that the amount of yellow on the lower mandible might be useful for cuckoos, but don't know how.
  我读过文章说下嘴的黄色部位比例也许对判断杜鹃科种类有用，但是我不清楚如何运用。
• Baby cuckoos oust other baby birds from their nests.
  布谷鸟的雏鸟把其他鸟的雏鸟逐出巢外。小鸟离开其巢去觅食。
• Herons plodded the shores, kingfishers and cuckoos clattered from sunlight to shade, great turkeylike birds fussed in dead branches, and hawks hung overhead.
  苍鹭在岸边缓缓地迈着步子，翠鸟和杜鹃欢叫着从阳光里飞入树荫，火鸡模样的大鸟在枯枝间忙碌，鹰在头上盘旋。
• Hello everyone, We are cuckoos, I would like to introduce The Chinese food and food culture for you.
  大家好，我们是杜鹃，我们将向您介绍中国美食以及饮食文化。