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curlew

/kur-loo/US // ˈkɜr lu //UK // (ˈkɜːljuː) //

鬈鬈鸟,卷尾鱼,卷毛虫,鬈毛鸟

Related Words

grouse松鸡,松鸡肉,石鸡,松鸡鸡quail鹌鹑,鹌鹑的,畏缩,鹌鹁partridge鹧鸪,鹧鸪花,鹧鸪树,鹧鸪天pheasant山鸡,雉鸡,野鸡,雉堞plover鸻,鸻鸟,鸻鹬相争,鸻类sandpiper鹬蚌相争,鹬蚌相争渔翁得利snipe狙击,鹬蚌相争,鹬蚌相争渔翁得利wild turkey野生火鸡,野火鸡,野外火鸡,野生土鸡wildfowl野鸟,野禽,野生鸟类,野生动物woodcock啄木鸟,木鸡,鹁鸽,树林

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several shorebirds of the genus Numenius, having a long, slender, downcurved bill, as the common N. arquata, of Europe.
    • : any of various similar birds.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as ingame bird
Synonyms
grouse松鸡,松鸡肉,石鸡,松鸡鸡partridge鹧鸪,鹧鸪花,鹧鸪树,鹧鸪天pheasant山鸡,雉鸡,野鸡,雉堞plover鸻,鸻鸟,鸻鹬相争,鸻类quail鹌鹑,鹌鹑的,畏缩,鹌鹁sandpiper鹬蚌相争,鹬蚌相争渔翁得利snipe狙击,鹬蚌相争,鹬蚌相争渔翁得利wild turkey野生火鸡,野火鸡,野外火鸡,野生土鸡wildfowl野鸟,野禽,野生鸟类,野生动物woodcock啄木鸟,木鸡,鹁鸽,树林

Examples

  • A low call came from a brooding curlew, a faint sigh from a plover, and the wild rasping cry of a lapwing greeted them overhead.

  • More than once at night the cry of migrating waders was heard, curlew being unmistakable, and (I think) bar-tailed godwit.

  • "The Curlew" dashed forward, rising and falling with the swells.

  • It was at once set; and "The Curlew" started on in the wake of the shower.

  • It ain't as if 'The Curlew' was loaded down, and lay low in the water.

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