canary 的 2 个定义
plural ca·nar·ies.
- any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria, native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
- Also called canary yellow. a light, clear yellow color.
- Slang. informer.
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- having the color canary.
canary 近义词
等同于 buff
等同于 informant/informer
等同于 rat
等同于 snitch
等同于 stool pigeon
等同于 tattletale/tattler
等同于 weasel
等同于 informer
canary 的近义词 37 个
等同于 tattletale
canary 的近义词 37 个
等同于 informant
等同于 songbird
等同于 squealer
等同于 snitcher
等同于 stoolie
等同于 tattler
等同于 fink
等同于 sing
等同于 vocalize
更多canary例句
- The person said the data was “deeply disconcerting” and a “canary in the coal mine” for scientists who had seen the data.
- For canaries, just seeing their feathered friends get sick may be enough to preemptively rev up their immune systems.
- The breakthrough cases resulting in hospitalization or death will, she says, serve as a canary in the coal mine for when vaccine protection might be waning for whatever reason.
- He’s now a canary to test whether humans might safely cohabitate with the silent invaders.
- The building is bright yellow, and nearly everything inside is some shade of goldenrod or canary or banana.
- “This is not a judgment of guilt, nor is it a suspension of any other canonical penalty,” Canary wrote.
- The aforementioned stories may very well be legitimate, but let's consider them a sort of canary in the coal mine.
- As has often been the case with issues of LGBT equality, this vote is the canary in the coalmine.
- It's like she is in Fashion Jail and only allowed to wear frumpy dated Sloane florals and old lady canary yellow.
- Since retail can be the canary in the coal mine for the broader economy, there's real reason to be anxious.
- On the 7th of August we neared the Canary Isles, but unfortunately, on account of the thick fog, we could not see them.
- Their present canary was quite the most delightful little creature they had ever possessed.
- The Canary Islands boast of two bishoprics, both of which are now vacant, yet have not one newspaper.
- Neither the pine-apple nor water-melon grow in Teneriffe, but abundance of the latter are brought from Grand Canary.
- She is like a canary bird; when others begin to speak, she hurries in her remarks, in an accompaniment.