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

• But if it's a woodpecker she will find no man at all.
  但倘若看到的是一只啄木鸟的话那她就不会找到如意郎君。
• As I search for them, I see a downy woodpecker spiraling up a birch tree, its blaze of reds as sharp as a tongue of flame.
  我四处查看，发现了一支身披厚厚羽毛的啄木鸟正沿着白桦树盘旋上升，它那鲜红的色彩宛如跳跃的火焰。
• Small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees.
  以苹果树和枫树等树木的树汁为食的美洲小啄木鸟。
• Originally, I thought I was just taking a picture of a green woodpecker flying.
  一开始我只以为自己拍下了啄木鸟飞起来的照片。
• 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。
• The ivory-billed woodpecker was once found across the swampy forests of the south-eastern states.
  曾有人在东南部的沼泽森林一带时发现过象牙喙啄木鸟。
• The woodpecker pecked a hole in the tree.
  啄木鸟在树上啄了一个洞。
• 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。
• I imagine the weasel gave it a go, jumped on its back and then the woodpecker took off.
  我猜想当时应该是这只黄鼠狼想吃掉啄木鸟，于是跳到它的背上，然后啄木鸟立刻飞了起来。
• It all started years ago when a couple of them discovered she had a rare species of woodpecker coming to her bird feeder.
  这一切发生在多年前，有两个鸟类学家发现有只稀有品种的啄木鸟来吃她喂食器里的食物。