songbirds

英 [ˈsɒŋbɜːdz]

美 [ˈsɔŋˌbɜrdz]

n.  鸣禽
songbird的复数

柯林斯词典

• 鸣鸟;鸣禽
  Asongbirdis a bird that produces musical sounds which are like singing. There are many different kinds of songbird.

双语例句

• Any of various small gray-and-black songbirds of North America.
  北美洲多种灰黑色的小歌鸟。
• Effect of Sex Hormones on Song Plasticity in Adult Songbirds
  性激素对成年鸣禽鸣唱可塑性的影响
• Any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds.
  有短的、坚硬的且适于咀嚼种子的嘴的多种小鸟。
• If the analysis by the researchers is confirmed, mice can be added to the short list of creatures that sing in the presence of the opposite sex, including songbirds, humpback whales, porpoises, insects and, possibly, bats.
  如果研究者们的分析能够得到证实，老鼠可以加入会在异性面前“唱歌”的生物之列，这类动物包括鸣雀、座头鲸、昆虫，可能还有蝙蝠。
• Do the songbirds realise that they're singing in their sleep?
  这些唱歌的鸟又是否意识到自己在睡眠中唱歌呢？
• While both male and female songbirds can call, usually only the male sings.
  雄鸟雌鸟都会叫唤，但通常只有雄鸟才唱歌。
• We have found that densities of insectivorous songbirds can be higher along salmon streams than along waterways that do not support spawning salmon, suggesting that the bird communities respond to the abundance of insects produced by the harvest of salmon carcasses.
  我们发现有鲑鱼的溪流中，食虫鸣鸟的密度比无法供鲑鱼产卵的水道还高，可见鸟类社会对鲑鱼残骸能产生大量昆虫是有回应的。
• Any of various small, often brownish or grayish Old World songbirds of the family silviidae, as the blackcap and the whitethroat.
  鸣禽任何一种属于银莺科的小型、常为棕色或灰色的东半球歌鸟，如黑顶莺和灰莺。
• The strategy reveals that dragonflies have very similar migration patterns to small songbirds in terms of the route they take and when they fly.
  研究发现蜻蜓的迁徙方式同其他的小鸣禽相比，无论是迁徙路线还是时间，都是十分相识。
• Songbirds sing to entice mates, and the timing of those songs is often regulated by sunlight.
  鸣鸟会通过唱歌吸引伴侣，而唱歌的时间是随着阳光调整的。