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

• 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。
• We have found that densities of insectivorous songbirds can be higher along salmon streams than along waterways that do not support spawning salmon, suggesting that the bird communities respond to the abundance of insects produced by the harvest of salmon carcasses.
  我们发现有鲑鱼的溪流中，食虫鸣鸟的密度比无法供鲑鱼产卵的水道还高，可见鸟类社会对鲑鱼残骸能产生大量昆虫是有回应的。
• North American yellow-breasted songbirds.
  北美洲胸部为黄色的歌鸟。
• 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。
• 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。
• In my experience, young children in piano are a lot like baby songbirds!
  根据我的经验，很多小朋友都喜欢钢琴鸣禽婴儿！
• 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。
• While both male and female songbirds can call, usually only the male sings.
  雄鸟雌鸟都会叫唤，但通常只有雄鸟才唱歌。
• Given a boost of testosterone, young male songbirds sing more sweetly, fly farther, and are more attractive to the females.
  因受到睾酮激励，年轻的雄性鸣鸟歌唱得更悦耳，飞翔得更远，对雌鸟更具吸引力。
• Do the songbirds realise that they're singing in their sleep?
  这些唱歌的鸟又是否意识到自己在睡眠中唱歌呢？