shrikes

美 [?'ra?ks] 　英 [?'ra?ks]

• n.【鳥】伯勞
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)伯勞鳥；伯老鳥；伯勞科

詞形變化

復(fù)數(shù)：shrikes  

英漢解釋

n.	1. 【鳥】伯勞,百舌鳥

英英解釋

n.	1. a brown or gray songbird with a screeching call and a hooked beak that eats insects and small animals that it impales on sharp objects such as thorns.

例句

The most common migrants are the wades of the sandpiper family, but they also include other birds ranging in size from herons to shrikes .

最常見的候鳥是鷸鳥家族里的涉禽，但也包括大到鷺小至伯勞的其他鳥類。

Why are shrikes the most cowardly of birds?

‘為什么在所有鳥兒里面，伯勞鳥的膽子最小呢？’

'Because we are shrikes , and that is what shrikes do, ' answered his father.

‘因?yàn)?/c>我們是伯勞鳥，這是伯勞鳥的天性。’他父親回答道。