canaries
英 [kəˈneəriz]
美 [kəˈnɛriz]
n. 金丝雀
canary的复数
柯林斯词典
- 金丝雀
Canariesare small yellow birds which sing beautifully and are often kept as pets.
英英释义
noun
- a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces
双语例句
- Bill: What a beautiful pair of canaries! How long have you had them?
比尔：这对金丝雀真美丽！你养了多久？ - In the early days of underground coal mining, pit canaries often had short but valuable lives.
早期地下采煤的时候，矿井中的金丝雀常常拥有短暂而有价值的一生。 - In the seventh place, there are peacocks and parrots and skylarks and canaries singing inimitable songs, and there is nothing better than that.
第七，这里有孔雀、鹦鹉、云雀和金丝雀唱着不可摹拟的歌儿：宇宙间真没有一样东西比此更好。 - For centuries, sailors have called belugas "sea canaries," for their musical squeaks and chirps.
几世纪以来，水手们一直称白鲸为“海上金丝雀”，因为它们的叫声悦耳动听。 - Canaries are said to have been used to detect gas in coal mines in the early stages of coal mining.
在煤矿开采的早期，人们已用金丝雀来检测瓦斯。 - There are several "canaries in the coalmine" that are also suffering.
其它一些预警信号也表现糟糕。 - As I had been one Voyage to this Coast before, I knew very well that the Islands of the Canaries, and the Cape de Verd Islands also, lay not far off from the Coast.
在那一带，我们始终没有发现人类的足迹。过去我曾到这一带的海岸来过一次，知道加那利群岛和佛得角群岛离大陆海岸不远。 - Once I start eating canaries, I just can't stop!
一旦我开始吃金丝雀，我就停不下来！ - I cannot divert him with singing like the canaries and linnets;
不能像鸟儿一样为他歌唱； - As canaries in coal mines go, mining shares tend to be reliable harbingers of a sell-off in industrial commodities in a downturn.
在煤矿里用金丝雀来预警的时代已经过去，矿业股正成为经济下滑时工业用大宗商品是否会遭抛售的可靠预兆。