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yellowbird

/yel-oh-burd/US // ˈyɛl oʊˌbɜrd //UK // (ˈjɛləʊˌbɜːd) //

黄鸟,黄雀,黄雀儿,黄雀在后

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : British Dialect. any of various yellow or golden birds, as the golden oriole of Europe.
    • : any of several American goldfinches.
    • : yellow warbler.

Examples

  • Yellowbird operatives set up rescue teams to organize and bankroll the escapes of individual protest leaders.

  • By the last of May all the warblers are gone from the neighborhood except the constant little summer yellowbird and redstart.

  • Jeremiah Yellowbird was sitting on another branch, and he was sitting perfectly still.

  • The yellowbird's nest came to an untimely end, too, although its start was such a bright one.

  • He burgled the Bluebird and the Redbird and the Yellowbird; and not one single feathered creature escaped his clever beak.

  • It could just as well have been redbird, or yellowbird or blackbird.