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warbler

/wawr-bler/US // ˈwɔr blər //UK // (ˈwɔːblə) //

莺歌燕舞,莺歌燕舞者,莺歌燕语,莺莺燕燕

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several small, chiefly Old World songbirds of the subfamily Sylviidae.Compare blackcap, reed warbler.
    • : Also called wood warbler. any of numerous small New World songbirds of the family Parulidae, many species of which are brightly colored.Compare yellow warbler.
    • : a person or thing that warbles.

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Examples

  • She must have told her that dozens of species of warbler—all little and bright, with voices like flutes—came north every spring.

  • Although everybody laughed at such a notion, the Worm-eating Warbler declared that he had a right to his own belief.

  • One of the most gorgeous tenants of this valley was Wilson's warbler.

  • No true gourmet would ever send this warbler to the shambles so long as scarcer birds might be obtained.

  • The yellow warbler, sometimes called the wild canary, flits through bush and tree and trills its gay notes in town and country.

  • Another punctual bird is the yellow redpoll warbler, the first of his class that appears.