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
- : 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.
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