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lorikeet

/lawr-i-keet, lor-, lawr-uh-keet, lor-/US // ˈlɔr ɪˌkit, ˈlɒr-, ˌlɔr əˈkit, ˌlɒr- //UK // (ˈlɒrɪˌkiːt, ˌlɒrɪˈkiːt) //

鹦鹉,小鹦鹉,鹦鹉螺,鹦鹉仔

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of various small lories.

Examples

  • In one hand he held his rejected coin; in the other the lorikeet's cage and a few trifles wrapped with a kerchief.

  • He snatched up the lorikeet and flung it down and as the tiny thing flapped and screamed, broken-winged, stamped it underfoot.

  • It has been already mentioned that the gorgeous Blue Mountain Lorikeet was very difficult to discern in its native sugar-gums.

  • The only kinds known were the ring-necked lory and the common red and green lorikeet, both common at Amboyna.

  • On our way I had shot the fine white-headed pigeon, Ptilonopus cinctus, and the pretty little lorikeet, Trichoglossus euteles.