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robin

/rob-in/US // ˈrɒb ɪn //UK // (ˈrɒbɪn) //

知更鸟,罗宾,知音

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
    • : a large American thrush, Turdus migratorius, having a chestnut-red breast and abdomen.
    • : any of several similar thrushes of the New World tropics, not necessarily having reddish underparts, as T. grayi, of Mexico and Central America.

Examples

  • Taraborrelli offers a moving account of their daughter Robin’s childhood leukemia, the aggressive treatments that failed to save her and the lasting trauma caused by her untimely death.

  • Henri Champliau Crémant de Bourgogne Brut RoséHere’s an excellent bubbly to greet spring weather and the welcome return of robins and rosés.

  • Last week, Robin of Foxley entered the FiveThirtyEight archery tournament.

  • Robin had to fire as many arrows as she could, such that each arrow was closer to the center of the target than the previous arrow.

  • For Robin to have a score of N, the smallest value couldn’t have been in the Nth position, since it had to be greater than the previous value.

  • Robin had us blubbing with laughter all the way through one dinner,” Gilkes recalls.

  • The Enquirer story was written by Robin Mizrahi, who interviewed Ferrier and had arranged for her to take a lie detector test.

  • Robin Williams and Nathan Lane play lovers—life partners, really.

  • Another memorable, if not disastrous, misstep, of course, was his turn as Batman in Batman and Robin.

  • I know Robin recently said of you, “I was convinced we were going to be married.”

  • Mrs. Jolly Robin had often wished—when she was trying to feed a rapidly-growing family—that she could hunt forp.

  • And since he was glad enough to do that, Mrs. Robin managed to feed her children all they needed.

  • Robin Hood stared at him for a moment with a puzzled expression, and then walked into his little shop, and Davy turned away.

  • And then Jolly Robin would feel ashamed that he had even thought of being so cruel to an infant bird, even if he was a Cowbird.

  • Sometimes Grandfather Mole would speak to Mrs. Robin, or her husband; for he could hear them talking.