shrikes

shrikes

美 [ʃ'raɪks] 　英 [ʃ'raɪks]

• n.【鸟】伯劳
• 网络伯劳鸟；伯老鸟；伯劳科

词形变化

复数：shrikes  

英汉解释

n.	1. 【鸟】伯劳,百舌鸟

英英解释

n.	1. a brown or gray songbird with a screeching call and a hooked beak that eats insects and small animals that it impales on sharp objects such as thorns.

例句

The most common migrants are the wades of the sandpiper family, but they also include other birds ranging in size from herons to shrikes .

最常见的候鸟是鹬鸟家族里的涉禽，但也包括大到鹭小至伯劳的其他鸟类。

Why are shrikes the most cowardly of birds?

‘为什么在所有鸟儿里面，伯劳鸟的胆子最小呢？’

'Because we are shrikes , and that is what shrikes do, ' answered his father.

‘因为我们是伯劳鸟，这是伯劳鸟的天性。’他父亲回答道。