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canaries

英 [kəˈneəriz]

美 [kəˈnɛriz]

n.  金丝雀
canary的复数

柯林斯词典

  • 金丝雀
    Canariesare small yellow birds which sing beautifully and are often kept as pets.

    英英释义

    noun

    • a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces
        Synonym:Canary Islands

      双语例句

      • As I had been one Voyage to this Coast before, I knew very well that the Islands of the Canaries, and the Cape de Verd Islands also, lay not far off from the Coast.
        在那一带,我们始终没有发现人类的足迹。过去我曾到这一带的海岸来过一次,知道加那利群岛和佛得角群岛离大陆海岸不远。
      • Bill: What a beautiful pair of canaries! How long have you had them?
        比尔:这对金丝雀真美丽!你养了多久?
      • So vocal are they that they are sometimes called sea canaries.
        这声音予它们海洋金丝雀之称。
      • There are several "canaries in the coalmine" that are also suffering.
        其它一些预警信号也表现糟糕。
      • Canaries are said to have been used to detect gas in coal mines in the early stages of coal mining.
        在煤矿开采的早期,人们已用金丝雀来检测瓦斯。
      • In the early days of underground coal mining, pit canaries often had short but valuable lives.
        早期地下采煤的时候,矿井中的金丝雀常常拥有短暂而有价值的一生。
      • The two little sisters had carried the canaries in their cage out on the balcony.
        小姐妹俩把笼子里的两只金丝雀端到阳台上。
      • Once I start eating canaries, I just can't stop!
        一旦我开始吃金丝雀,我就停不下来!
      • I gotta start eating leaner canaries.
        我要开始吃瘦点的金丝雀了。
      • At that time it was not very easy to import canaries from foreign countries, because of logistic and economic difficulties.
        那个时候从国外进口金丝雀不是很容易的事,因为逻辑上和经济上的困难。