jackdaw

/jak-daw/US // ˈdʒækˌdɔ //UK // (ˈdʒækˌdɔː) //

千斤顶,豺狼,豺狼人,豺狗

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a glossy, black, European bird, Corvus monedula, of the crow family, that nests in towers, ruins, etc.
- : boat-tailed grackle.

Every morning an old jackdaw perched on a chimney outside our skylight, and entertained us with his chatter.
Tinker hopped round him as nimbly as a tomtit or a jackdaw, and presently gave him another little taste of his steel.
Beneath the jackdaw's wing, where so many of our cathedrals repose, sanctity and authority would be conferred upon it.
He speaks yawing like a jackdaw that gapes to be fed with cheese-curds.
The artful Jackdaw builds in the cliffs, and his cousin, the Crow, searches the shore for food.