woodpecker

英 [ˈwʊdpekə(r)]

美 [ˈwʊdpekər]

n.  啄木鸟

复数：woodpeckers　

CET6

BNC.24508 / COCA.16605

牛津词典

noun

• 啄木鸟
  a bird with a long beak that it uses to make holes in trees when it is looking for insects to eat

柯林斯词典

• 啄木鸟
  Awoodpeckeris a type of bird with a long sharp beak. Woodpeckers use their beaks to make holes in tree trunks.

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• Large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct.
  美国南部和古巴长有象牙喙的大型黑白色啄木鸟；几乎已灭绝。
• If I walk through a forest in Georgia, where I live, and fail to see or hear the pileated woodpecker, am I permitted to conclude that the bird is absent?
  假如我在我所居住的佐治亚州穿过某个树林时没有看到北美黑啄木鸟或听到它的声音，我是不是就可以说这种鸟不存在呢？
• Then in2004 a kayaker caught a glimpse of a majestic woodpecker in a wildlife refuge in Arkansas.
  直到2004年，一艘皮艇上的人在阿肯色州的自然保护区捕捉到了一只雄壮的啄木鸟的身影。
• Crane's neck is long enough to catch fish and insect, but to be a woodpecker, crane is no good.
  鹤的脖子特长在河边吃鱼、吃小虫子很好，可是要当啄木鸟就不灵了。
• The woodpecker flied for a long, long distance, and finally, she reached the city the girl lived in at last.
  啄木鸟飞了很远很远的路程，最后终于到了女孩所在的城市。
• Quickly, they go to ask the woodpecker for help.
  大家赶紧叫来了啄木鸟。
• Stars are where a woodpecker pecked holes in the sky.
  星星是啄木鸟在天上啄出来的洞。
• This Russian "Woodpecker" signal was traveling across the world from a transmitter near Kiev.
  这一俄罗斯“啄木鸟”信号正从基辅附近的一个发射塔发出穿越世界。
• As most careers are at best only medium-successful, the trick is not to make like a woodpecker.
  由于大多数职业最多只能算一般成功，因此，我们就不要学习啄木鸟。
• But they are not enough to stand on the trees. A woodpecker needs help from its tail.
  它在树上自由攀登可不能没有这个神奇的尾巴。