curlew 的定义
- 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.
curlew 近义词
等同于 game bird
更多curlew例句
- 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.