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flamingo

/fluh-ming-goh/US // fləˈmɪŋ goʊ //UK // (fləˈmɪŋɡəʊ) //

火烈鸟,火鶴,火鹤,火山君

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural fla·min·gos, fla·min·goes.

    • : any of several aquatic birds of the family Phoenicopteridae, having very long legs and neck, webbed feet, a bill bent downward at the tip, and pinkish to scarlet plumage.

Examples

  • Unicorns, flamingos and butterflies became staples of Instagram feeds.

  • The sex symbol and ‘Flamingo Road’ star knows more about Syria and science than you do—and she can handle herself in war zones.

  • Animal prints abounded: snakeskin booties, leopard-print hot pants, zebra-printed flamingo skirts.

  • Marie Osmond, who performs at the Flamingo with her brother Donny, describes what it was like trick-or-treating last Halloween.

  • After a moment' pause she continued: "He told you all about the race which Flamingo lost, and about that letter."

  • I saw a flamingo rise from the river, and it flew over the Helen Mar, like a ghost, trailing its legs.

  • The legs of the flamingo are so long, that the bird is unable to double them up and sit upon his nest in the usual fashion.

  • Several species from the Solenhofen Slate have the neck long and slender, on the type of the Flamingo.

  • A venerable apologue attaches to the nesting habit of the flamingo.