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roadrunner

/rohd-ruhn-er/US // ˈroʊdˌrʌn ər //UK // (ˈrəʊdˌrʌnə) //

奔跑者,流浪者,奔跑的人,流浪汉

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : either of two large terrestrial cuckoos of the genus Geococcyx of arid regions of the western U.S., Mexico, and Central America, especially G. californianus.

Examples

  • (Contrast this to the 3,000 copies my own 2009 book, Roadrunner, has sold).

  • (Contrast this to the 3,000 copies my own 2009 book,Roadrunner, has sold).

  • This makes me think of a curious bird I noticed in my drives at San Diego, the roadrunner, classed with the cuckoo.

  • The only living things we met upon these llanos were the jack rabbits and an occasional roadrunner, which birds were very tame.

  • The prevailing color of the roadrunner is olive green, which is marked with brown and white.

  • The roadrunner, however, serves a better purpose in life than being run down by hounds.

  • "Don Coyote," the roadrunner, and other characteristic animals.