cuckoos

英 [ˈkʊkuːz]

美 [ˈkukuz]

n.  杜鹃(鸟); 布谷鸟
cuckoo的复数

柯林斯词典

• 杜鹃(鸟);布谷鸟
  Acuckoois a bird that has a call of two quick notes, and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.

双语例句

• Yet the US economy is roughly six times as large as the UK's. The UK's cuckoos are too big.
  然而美国经济的规模是英国大约6倍。英国的坏账过于庞大。
• From the recesses of this knot of foliage the loud notes of three cuckoos were resounding through the still air.
  在这一簇一簇树叶的幽深处，三只杜鹃的啼叫声透过静止的空气在回响着。
• Baby cuckoos oust other baby birds from their nests.
  布谷鸟的雏鸟把其他鸟的雏鸟逐出巢外。小鸟离开其巢去觅食。
• All cuckoos are born female; some become males later in life, usually after experiencing motherhood for several years first.
  所有的cuckoowrasse鱼刚生下来时都是雌性的，后来其中的一些雌鱼在当了几年母亲后，会转变成雄鱼。
• Hello everyone, We are cuckoos, I would like to introduce The Chinese food and food culture for you.
  大家好，我们是杜鹃，我们将向您介绍中国美食以及饮食文化。
• Herons plodded the shores, kingfishers and cuckoos clattered from sunlight to shade, great turkeylike birds fussed in dead branches, and hawks hung overhead.
  苍鹭在岸边缓缓地迈着步子，翠鸟和杜鹃欢叫着从阳光里飞入树荫，火鸡模样的大鸟在枯枝间忙碌，鹰在头上盘旋。
• Cuckoos would have good reason to do so, since the warblers and other small birds in whose nests they lay their eggs are understandably frightened of hawks, and give them a wide berth.
  从柳莺和它的小型鸟类在自已的鸟巢里产了鸟蛋后被鹰吓得飞得很远，杜鹃有很好的理由模仿雀鹰。
• In previous years, I have seen Lesser Cuckoos in Chi Gu in mid May.
  过去几年的五月中旬，个人常在七股记录到小杜鹃，有几次还在鸣唱。
• And what cuckoos say, you know.
  杜鹃怎么叫，你知讲。
• Sometimes the mother bird starves her own offspring because of the cuckoos incessant de-mands.
  有时候，母鸟把自己的孩子活活饿死了，就因为布谷鸟不断地要吃的。