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grosbeak

/grohs-beek/US // ˈgroʊsˌbik //UK // (ˈɡrəʊsˌbiːk, ˈɡrɒs-) //

斑鸠,斑鸠鸟,斑鸠雀,斑鸠鸡

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of various finches having a thick, conical bill.

Examples

  • Finally, Mr. Pine Grosbeak plucked up courage to approach nearer.

  • The “social grosbeak” fabricates a republic of nests in one clump, and all under one roof.

  • Then a catbird and a brown thrush sang against a grosbeak and a hermit thrush.

  • The grosbeak sang on, a big Turnus butterfly sailed through the arbour and poised over the table.

  • She talked to the grosbeak in exactly the same manner, as she laid strawberries and potato bugs on the fence for his family.