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

• Small North American woodpecker with black and white plumage and a small bill.
  北美洲的小啄木鸟，黑色或白色羽毛，小嘴。
• It all started years ago when a couple of them discovered she had a rare species of woodpecker coming to her bird feeder.
  这一切发生在多年前，有两个鸟类学家发现有只稀有品种的啄木鸟来吃她喂食器里的食物。
• I imagine the weasel gave it a go, jumped on its back and then the woodpecker took off.
  我猜想当时应该是这只黄鼠狼想吃掉啄木鸟，于是跳到它的背上，然后啄木鸟立刻飞了起来。
• Quickly, they go to ask the woodpecker for help.
  大家赶紧叫来了啄木鸟。
• It was the only place left with all nine European woodpecker species, because, he realized, some of them only nest in hollow, dying trees.
  这里是唯一生活着全部九种欧洲啄木鸟的地方。他于是意识到，有些啄木鸟的品种只栖身于中空的、濒临死亡的树木中。
• The ivory-billed woodpecker was once found across the swampy forests of the south-eastern states.
  曾有人在东南部的沼泽森林一带时发现过象牙喙啄木鸟。
• What do we get if we across a woodpecker with a homing pigeon?
  把啄木鸟和信鸽交配能得到什么？
• 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。
• Then in2004 a kayaker caught a glimpse of a majestic woodpecker in a wildlife refuge in Arkansas.
  直到2004年，一艘皮艇上的人在阿肯色州的自然保护区捕捉到了一只雄壮的啄木鸟的身影。