英语词汇“petrel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

petrel

/ˈpɛtr(ə)l

noun

A seabird related to the shearwaters, typically flying far from land.

Order Procellariiformes, in particular the families Procellariidae (e.g. the giant petrel and pintado petrel) or Hydrobatidae (the storm petrels).

While there are few wild animals in Iceland, there is abundant birdlife - ducks, geese and, among the many sea-birds I spotted, petrels, puffins, tern, gannets, skuas and shearwaters....

In Hawaii, cats and dogs as well as the imported mongoose have seriously affected nesting waterbirds and two seabirds - the dark-rumped petrel and Newell's shearwater, according to the National Biological Service.
Fulmarus glacialis, a cliff-dwelling, gull-like bird of northern seas and coasts; it belongs to a group of seabirds commonly known as petrels and shearwaters.

Origin

Early 17th century: associated with St Peter, from the bird's habit of flying low with legs dangling, giving the appearance of walking on the water (see Matt. 14:30).

单词	petrel
释义	petrel /ˈpɛtr(ə)l / noun A seabird related to the shearwaters, typically flying far from land. Order Procellariiformes, in particular the families Procellariidae (e.g. the giant petrel and pintado petrel) or Hydrobatidae (the storm petrels). While there are few wild animals in Iceland, there is abundant birdlife - ducks, geese and, among the many sea-birds I spotted, petrels, puffins, tern, gannets, skuas and shearwaters.... In Hawaii, cats and dogs as well as the imported mongoose have seriously affected nesting waterbirds and two seabirds - the dark-rumped petrel and Newell's shearwater, according to the National Biological Service. Fulmarus glacialis, a cliff-dwelling, gull-like bird of northern seas and coasts; it belongs to a group of seabirds commonly known as petrels and shearwaters. Origin Early 17th century: associated with St Peter, from the bird's habit of flying low with legs dangling, giving the appearance of walking on the water (see Matt. 14:30). Rhymes petrol
随便看	let someone in on/into let someone know let someone off let someone out let someone/thing alone let someone/thing be let someone/thing go let someone/thing loose let something down let something drop (or fall) let something drop (or rest) let something go (or pass) let something into let something lie let something off let something out let something ride let something rip let something slide let something slip let something slip through one's fingers (or grasp) let's pretend let's say (or let us say) Lett lettable

petrel

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