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

• 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？
• This Russian "Woodpecker" signal was traveling across the world from a transmitter near Kiev.
  这一俄罗斯“啄木鸟”信号正从基辅附近的一个发射塔发出穿越世界。
• 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。
• 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。
• Woody Woodpecker In Crazy Castle
  啄木鸟伍迪闯疯狂城堡
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some fear the new protections might push species such as the Texas kangaroo rat or the golden-winged warbler down the same road to extinction as the ivory-billed woodpecker.
  一些人担心，新的保护动作将使如德州戴鼠鼠和金翅萤森莺这样的物种走上和象牙嘴啄木鸟一样的灭绝之路。
• 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。