hummingbirds

英 [ˈhʌmɪŋbɜːdz]

美 [ˈhʌmɪŋˌbɜrdz]

n.  蜂鸟(快速扇动翅膀发出声音，能原位停留)
hummingbird的复数

柯林斯词典

• （尤产于中南美洲的）蜂鸟
  Ahummingbirdis a small brightly coloured bird found in America, especially Central and South America. It has a long thin beak and powerful narrow wings that can move very fast.

双语例句

• Up until a few years ago, I thought hummingbirds had no feet.
  几年之前，我一直以为蜂鸟是没有脚的。
• Hummingbirds can be hard to spot.
  蜂鸟可能很难瞥见。
• Our winter visitors, including swans, short-eared owls, meadow larks and shrikes, are departing for their breeding grounds, while swallows, warblers, hummingbirds, thrushes and other species are arriving for the nesting season here.
  冬季的访客像天鹅短耳猫头鹰还有野百灵鸟百舌鸟开始上路远赴繁殖地而在这里筑巢繁殖的如燕子苔莺，蜂鸟画眉等陆续来到。
• Hummingbirds are the smallest birds in the world. They are so small that one of their enemies is an insect, the mantis.
  蜂鸟是世界上最小的鸟。它们太小了，以至于连螳螂这种昆虫都是它的天敌。
• Hummingbirds were stopping over the honeysuckle flowers.
  蜂鸟歇在忍冬花上面。
• Because hummingbirds love to bathe, I also bought a small plastic birdbath for Squeak. But he had different plans.
  蜂鸟爱洗浴，我就给佳乐买了个塑料小鸟池，可它却另有主意。
• When I finally figured out that hummingbirds actually did have feet, the realization was slightly embarrassing.
  后来当我发现蜂鸟确实是有脚的，这一事实令我有点尴尬。
• Hummingbirds are the only types of birds that can fly backwards.
  蜂鸟是唯一可以倒飞的鸟类。
• My snap judgment about hummingbirds made me vulnerable to good-natured kidding from my friends.
  我对蜂鸟的所下的莽撞的判断使得我对于朋友们善意的嘲笑有点耿耿于怀。
• Hummingbirds remember, even a year later, where the "good stuff" was.
  蜂鸟记性好，吃过的好东西在什么地方，即使一年后也忘不了。