woodpeckers

英 [ˈwʊdˌpɛkəz]

美 [ˈwʊdˌpɛkərz]

n.  啄木鸟
woodpecker的复数

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.

双语例句

• Any of numerous South and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers.
  南美洲和中美洲的多种鸟类，喙弯曲，尾部羽毛硬，爬行和进食类似啄木鸟。
• Why woodpeckers don't get headaches?
  为何啄木鸟不会头痛？
• Leaves rustled lightly in the wind and woodpeckers tapped at tree trunks. At the same time, Hill says, he heard a "double knock"-the unusual pecking sound that distinguishes the ivory-bill from other types of woodpeckers.
  风在林间吹过，叶子微微作着声响。岭上啄木鸟在波波地敲着树子。就在同时，希尔听到了象牙喙区别于其它啄木鸟的独特的“双击”声。
• All the woodpeckers have scansorial feet.
  所有的啄木鸟都有适於攀爬的脚。
• Any of six species of New World woodpeckers ( genus Colaptes) noted for spending much time on the ground eating ants.
  啄木鸟科扑动鴷属六种新大陆鸟。大部分时间消磨在觅食地上的蚂蚁。
• Small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers.
  南美洲、非洲以及印度东部有柔软圆形尾羽的小型啄木鸟。
• We know how easily these splendid woodpeckers hop around tree trunks to stay out of sight.
  我们都知道这些美丽的啄木鸟能够在树干之间轻松地跳来跳去躲开人的视线。
• In the sycamores there was an uproar of linnets, sparrows triumphed, woodpeckers climbed along the chestnut trees, administering little pecks on the bark.
  埃及无花果树丛中莺群一片啁啾，麻雀在唱凯歌，啄木鸟爬土板栗树用嘴在树皮的窟窿里啄着。
• Suddenly, Pinocchio's nose shrank to its normal size again and the woodpeckers flew off.
  突然，皮诺奇的鼻子又缩回到正常大小，那些啄木鸟就飞走了。
• Downy woodpeckers can use the gleaned information while foraging in order to maximize their food-intaking rate.
  绒斑啄木鸟在觅食时可利用它们所收集的信息使其食物摄取率达到最大。