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

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A bird is an animal with wings, feathers, and two legs. Birds, from chickens to crows, are also warm-blooded and lay eggs.

Most birds can fly using their wings, and when you visit the coast you'll see various sea birds like gulls, terns, and cormorants. You can use the word bird as a verb meaning "to observe birds as a hobby," and in some places, particularly Britain, it's also a noun meaning "young woman." Bird is an Old English word, an unusual form of bridd, "young bird or fledgling," from an unknown origin.

WORD FAMILY

bird: birded, birder, birding, birds+/birder: birders

USAGE EXAMPLES

Christmas was over, but the Christmas Bird Count was not.

Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017)

But, Dr. Erickson said, most researchers thought that since dinosaurs were closely related to modern birds their incubation rates were birdlike.

New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)

The finding suggests that, at least in terms of hatch times, dinosaurs were more like modern reptiles than birds.

Science Magazine(Jan 02, 2017)

1n warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

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dickey-bird, dickeybird, dicky-bird, dickybird

small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds

cock

adult male bird

hen

adult female bird

nester

a bird that has built (or is building) a nest

night bird

any bird associated with night: owl; nightingale; nighthawk; etc

bird of passage

any bird that migrates seasonally

protoavis

most primitive avian type known; extinct bird of the Triassic having bird-like jaw and hollow limbs and breastbone with dinosaur-like tail and hind limbs

Archaeopteryx lithographica, archaeopteryx, archeopteryx

extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds

Sinornis

sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Jurassic period to the Cretaceous period having a keeled breastbone and vestigial tail; found in China; considered possibly the second most primitive of all birds

Ibero-mesornis

sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Cretaceous period having a vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds

archaeornis

extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits on each wing

flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird

flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds

carinate, carinate bird, flying bird

birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles

passeriform bird, passerine

perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless

nonpasserine bird

chiefly arboreal birds especially of the order Coraciiformes

bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird

any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals

gallinacean, gallinaceous bird

heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds

parrot

usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds

cuculiform bird

birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos)

coraciiform bird

chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes

apodiform bird

nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight

caprimulgiform bird

long-winged nonpasserine birds

piciform bird

any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood

trogon

forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails

aquatic bird

wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water

twitterer

a bird that twitters

fighting cock, gamecock

a cock bred and trained for fighting

night raven

any bird that cries at night

Struthio camelus, ostrich

fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird

cassowary

large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest

Dromaius novaehollandiae, Emu novaehollandiae, emu

large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller

apteryx, kiwi

nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes

Rhea americana, rhea

larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia

Pterocnemia pennata, nandu, rhea

smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan

aepyornis, elephant bird

huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar

moa

extinct flightless bird of New Zealand

oscine, oscine bird

passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus

sparrow, true sparrow

any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

lyrebird

Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape

scrub bird, scrub-bird, scrubbird

small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub

broadbill

small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills

tyrannid

a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni

jenny wren, wren

any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects

Accipitriformes, order Accipitriformes

in some classifications an alternative name for the Falconiformes

hawk

diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail

bird of Jove, eagle

any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight

vulture

any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion

Sagittarius serpentarius, secretary bird

large long-legged African bird of prey that feeds on reptiles

bird of Minerva, bird of night, hooter, owl

nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes

domestic fowl, fowl, poultry

a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl

gallina, jungle fowl

small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl

Agriocharis ocellata, ocellated turkey

wild turkey of Central America and northern South America

guan

any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food

curassow

large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food

chachalaca

slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds

megapode, mound bird, mound builder, mound-bird, scrub fowl

large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs

Opisthocomus hoazin, hoactzin, hoatzin, stinkbird

crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings

columbiform bird

a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes

popinjay

an archaic term for a parrot

poll, poll parrot

a tame parrot

African gray, African grey, Psittacus erithacus

commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa

amazon

mainly green tropical American parrots

macaw

long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots

Nestor notabilis, kea

large brownish-green New Zealand parrot

cockatoo

white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds

Nymphicus hollandicus, cockateel, cockatiel, cockatoo parrot

small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head

lovebird

small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates

lory

small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits

parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroket, parroquet

any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots

cuckoo

any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail

touraco, turaco, turacou, turakoo

large brightly crested bird of Africa

roller

Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers

kingfisher

nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish

bee eater

colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees

hornbill

bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers

hoopoe, hoopoo

any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill

wood hoopoe

tropical African bird having metallic blackish plumage but no crest

momot, motmot

tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage

tody

tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill

swift

a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight

crested swift, tree swift

birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees

hummingbird

tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight

caprimulgid, goatsucker, nightjar

mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects

frogmouth

insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth

Steatornis caripensis, guacharo, oilbird

nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter

pecker, peckerwood, woodpecker

bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects

barbet

small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings

puffbird

brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers

honey guide

small bird of tropical Africa and Asia; feeds on beeswax and honey and larvae

jacamar

tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage

toucan

brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak

quetzal, quetzal bird

large trogon of Central America and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage

water bird, waterbird, waterfowl

freshwater aquatic bird

swan

stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult

wader, wading bird

any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food

gallinule, marsh hen, swamphen, water hen

any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

sea bird, seabird, seafowl

a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.

game bird

any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport

craniate, vertebrate

animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

2n the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food

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fowl

poultry

flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food

wildfowl

flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food

chicken, poulet, volaille

the flesh of a chicken used for food

Rock Cornish hen

flesh of a small fowl bred for roasting

guinea hen

flesh of a guinea fowl (especially of hens)

dove, squab

flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled

duck

flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

goose

flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)

grouse

flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil

quail

flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised

partridge

flesh of either quail or grouse

pheasant

flesh of a pheasant; usually braised

turkey

flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted

meat

the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

3v watch and study birds in their natural habitat

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birdwatch

observe

watch attentively

n badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers

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birdie, shuttle, shuttlecock

badminton equipment

equipment for playing the game of badminton

n a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

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Bronx cheer, boo, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort

call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell

a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

n informal terms for a (young) woman

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chick, dame, doll, skirt, wench

fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman

a young woman

单词	bird
释义	bird (once / 46 pages) 1nv 2n 3n 4n A bird is an animal with wings, feathers, and two legs. Birds, from chickens to crows, are also warm-blooded and lay eggs. Most birds can fly using their wings, and when you visit the coast you'll see various sea birds like gulls, terns, and cormorants. You can use the word bird as a verb meaning "to observe birds as a hobby," and in some places, particularly Britain, it's also a noun meaning "young woman." Bird is an Old English word, an unusual form of bridd, "young bird or fledgling," from an unknown origin. WORD FAMILY bird: birded, birder, birding, birds+/birder: birders USAGE EXAMPLES Christmas was over, but the Christmas Bird Count was not. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) But, Dr. Erickson said, most researchers thought that since dinosaurs were closely related to modern birds their incubation rates were birdlike. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The finding suggests that, at least in terms of hatch times, dinosaurs were more like modern reptiles than birds. Science Magazine(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings Hypo\|Hyper dickey-bird, dickeybird, dicky-bird, dickybird small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds cock adult male bird hen adult female bird nester a bird that has built (or is building) a nest night bird any bird associated with night: owl; nightingale; nighthawk; etc bird of passage any bird that migrates seasonally protoavis most primitive avian type known; extinct bird of the Triassic having bird-like jaw and hollow limbs and breastbone with dinosaur-like tail and hind limbs Archaeopteryx lithographica, archaeopteryx, archeopteryx extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds Sinornis sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Jurassic period to the Cretaceous period having a keeled breastbone and vestigial tail; found in China; considered possibly the second most primitive of all birds Ibero-mesornis sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Cretaceous period having a vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds archaeornis extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits on each wing flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds carinate, carinate bird, flying bird birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles passeriform bird, passerine perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless nonpasserine bird chiefly arboreal birds especially of the order Coraciiformes bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals gallinacean, gallinaceous bird heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds parrot usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds cuculiform bird birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos) coraciiform bird chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes apodiform bird nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight caprimulgiform bird long-winged nonpasserine birds piciform bird any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood trogon forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails aquatic bird wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water twitterer a bird that twitters fighting cock, gamecock a cock bred and trained for fighting night raven any bird that cries at night Struthio camelus, ostrich fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird cassowary large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest Dromaius novaehollandiae, Emu novaehollandiae, emu large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller apteryx, kiwi nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes Rhea americana, rhea larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia Pterocnemia pennata, nandu, rhea smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan aepyornis, elephant bird huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar moa extinct flightless bird of New Zealand oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus sparrow, true sparrow any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects lyrebird Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape scrub bird, scrub-bird, scrubbird small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub broadbill small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills tyrannid a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni jenny wren, wren any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects Accipitriformes, order Accipitriformes in some classifications an alternative name for the Falconiformes hawk diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail bird of Jove, eagle any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight vulture any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion Sagittarius serpentarius, secretary bird large long-legged African bird of prey that feeds on reptiles bird of Minerva, bird of night, hooter, owl nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes domestic fowl, fowl, poultry a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl gallina, jungle fowl small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl Agriocharis ocellata, ocellated turkey wild turkey of Central America and northern South America guan any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food curassow large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food chachalaca slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds megapode, mound bird, mound builder, mound-bird, scrub fowl large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs Opisthocomus hoazin, hoactzin, hoatzin, stinkbird crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings columbiform bird a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes popinjay an archaic term for a parrot poll, poll parrot a tame parrot African gray, African grey, Psittacus erithacus commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa amazon mainly green tropical American parrots macaw long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots Nestor notabilis, kea large brownish-green New Zealand parrot cockatoo white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds Nymphicus hollandicus, cockateel, cockatiel, cockatoo parrot small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head lovebird small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates lory small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroket, parroquet any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots cuckoo any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail touraco, turaco, turacou, turakoo large brightly crested bird of Africa roller Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers kingfisher nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish bee eater colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees hornbill bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers hoopoe, hoopoo any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill wood hoopoe tropical African bird having metallic blackish plumage but no crest momot, motmot tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage tody tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill swift a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight crested swift, tree swift birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees hummingbird tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight caprimulgid, goatsucker, nightjar mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects frogmouth insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth Steatornis caripensis, guacharo, oilbird nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter pecker, peckerwood, woodpecker bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects barbet small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings puffbird brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers honey guide small bird of tropical Africa and Asia; feeds on beeswax and honey and larvae jacamar tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage toucan brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak quetzal, quetzal bird large trogon of Central America and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage water bird, waterbird, waterfowl freshwater aquatic bird swan stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult wader, wading bird any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food gallinule, marsh hen, swamphen, water hen any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens sea bird, seabird, seafowl a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc. game bird any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport craniate, vertebrate animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium 2n the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper fowl poultry flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food wildfowl flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food chicken, poulet, volaille the flesh of a chicken used for food Rock Cornish hen flesh of a small fowl bred for roasting guinea hen flesh of a guinea fowl (especially of hens) dove, squab flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled duck flesh of a duck (domestic or wild) goose flesh of a goose (domestic or wild) grouse flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil quail flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised partridge flesh of either quail or grouse pheasant flesh of a pheasant; usually braised turkey flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted meat the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food 3v watch and study birds in their natural habitat Syn\|Hyper birdwatch observe watch attentively 2 n badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers Syn\|Hyper birdie, shuttle, shuttlecock badminton equipment equipment for playing the game of badminton 3 n a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt Syn\|Hyper Bronx cheer, boo, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition 4 n informal terms for a (young) woman Syn\|Hyper chick, dame, doll, skirt, wench fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman a young woman
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