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

• Woody Woodpecker In Crazy Castle
  啄木鸟伍迪闯疯狂城堡
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Crane's neck is long enough to catch fish and insect, but to be a woodpecker, crane is no good.
  鹤的脖子特长在河边吃鱼、吃小虫子很好，可是要当啄木鸟就不灵了。
• 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。
• Woodpecker of Europe and western Asia.
  产于欧洲和亚洲东部的啄木鸟。
• Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck.
  东半球有特殊的扭脖子习惯的啄木鸟。
• The last undisputed report of an ivory-billed woodpecker in continental North America was in Louisiana in1944.
  学术界最后一次对一只北美大陆象牙喙啄木鸟发布的广为认同的报告是在1944年的路易斯安那州。