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broadbill

/brawd-bil/US // ˈbrɔdˌbɪl //UK // (ˈbrɔːdˌbɪl) //

阔步走,阔步前进,阔佬,阔佬佬

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several small, often brightly colored passerine birds of the family Eurylaimidae, of the Old World tropics, having a broad, flattened bill.
    • : any of various birds with a broad bill, as the scaup duck, shoveler, and spoonbill.

Examples

  • It seems reasonable and fair to give notice that broadbill swordfish are not the only dangers to encounter at Avalon.

  • That would not have mattered if I had not hurt my back in an eleven-hour fight with a giant broadbill swordfish.

  • The first broadbill I sighted had a skinned tail, and evidently had been in a battle of some kind.

  • It was significant that the broadbill swordfish did not return to Avalon in 1918, as in former years.

  • He quit, same as he quit the first day out, when I hooked the broadbill and the reel froze.