| 单词 | beak |
| 释义 | beak (once / 980 pages) 1n 2v When you see a bird pecking around in your backyard, it’s using its beak to probe the ground for food. A beak is the hard, pointed structure sticking out from a bird’s face. The word beak refers to the bill on a bird, which protrudes from the face and is used for eating, grooming, and pecking. You can think of it sort of like the mouth of a bird, only it’s made up of hard, horny material rather than flesh. The word beak is sometimes used informally to refer to a person’s nose, especially if the nose is large, prominent, and protruding — in other word, sort of like a bird’s beak. WORD FAMILYbeak: beaked, beaking, beakless, beaklike, beaks USAGE EXAMPLESAll true, but those that were non-avian dinosaurs, as they are now called, were not all beak and tweet. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Over tens of millions of years, many evolved toothless beaks like those in today’s birds. The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016) The discovery will help explain how the beak, which is so important in the bird kingdom, evolved. BBC(Dec 22, 2016) 1 1n horny projecting mouth of a bird Syn|Hypo|Hyper bill, neb, nib, pecker cere the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds mouth the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening 2n beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles) Hyper mouth the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening 3n informal terms for the nose Syn|Hyper honker, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot, snout nose, olfactory organ the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals 4n a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures 2Hyper tip the extreme end of something; especially something pointed v hit lightly with a picking motion Syn|Hyper peck, pick strike deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon |
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