woodpecker

英 [ˈwʊdpekə(r)]

美 [ˈwʊdpekər]

n.  啄木鸟

复数：woodpeckers　

CET6

BNC.24508 / COCA.16605

牛津词典

noun

• 啄木鸟
  a bird with a long beak that it uses to make holes in trees when it is looking for insects to eat

柯林斯词典

• 啄木鸟
  Awoodpeckeris a type of bird with a long sharp beak. Woodpeckers use their beaks to make holes in tree trunks.

英英释义

noun

• bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
  Synonym:peckerwoodpecker

双语例句

• Black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck.
  红头红颈的黑白色北美洲啄木鸟。
• I imagine the weasel gave it a go, jumped on its back and then the woodpecker took off.
  我猜想当时应该是这只黄鼠狼想吃掉啄木鸟，于是跳到它的背上，然后啄木鸟立刻飞了起来。
• It all started years ago when a couple of them discovered she had a rare species of woodpecker coming to her bird feeder.
  这一切发生在多年前，有两个鸟类学家发现有只稀有品种的啄木鸟来吃她喂食器里的食物。
• Wow! Is the long red thread its tongue, like that of a woodpecker?
  哗，条红色嘅长形物体系唔系佢条脷，好似啄木鸟噉呢？
• Crane's neck is long enough to catch fish and insect, but to be a woodpecker, crane is no good.
  鹤的脖子特长在河边吃鱼、吃小虫子很好，可是要当啄木鸟就不灵了。
• The woodpecker pecked a hole in the tree.
  啄木鸟在树上啄了一个洞。
• As I search for them, I see a downy woodpecker spiraling up a birch tree, its blaze of reds as sharp as a tongue of flame.
  我四处查看，发现了一支身披厚厚羽毛的啄木鸟正沿着白桦树盘旋上升，它那鲜红的色彩宛如跳跃的火焰。
• Quickly, they go to ask the woodpecker for help.
  大家赶紧叫来了啄木鸟。
• But they are not enough to stand on the trees. A woodpecker needs help from its tail.
  它在树上自由攀登可不能没有这个神奇的尾巴。
• The woodpecker flied for a long, long distance, and finally, she reached the city the girl lived in at last.
  啄木鸟飞了很远很远的路程，最后终于到了女孩所在的城市。