jackdaw

英 [ˈdʒækdɔː] 美 [ˈdʒækdɔː]

n.  寒鸦

复数:jackdaws

BNC.27218 / COCA.42938



牛津词典

noun

  1. 寒鸦
    a black and grey bird of the crow family

    柯林斯词典

    1. 寒鸦
      A jackdaw is a large black and grey bird that is similar to a crow, and lives in Europe and Asia.

      双语例句

      1. Where Apple is always very focused on a few product categories, Google wants to be in everything, says Jan Dawson of Jackdaw Research.
        苹果永远紧紧聚焦于几种产品类别,而谷歌什么都想涉猎,JackdawResearch的简·道森(JanDawson)表示。
      2. We indignantly protest, and each pluck from it our own feathers, leaving the jackdaw nothing but a jackdaw.
        我们抗议并纷纷从寒鸦身上拿下了自己的羽毛,结果寒鸦还是寒鸦。
      3. After all, human beings are by no means the jackdaw in Aesop's fable who could afford to indulge complacently but vainly in singing and dancing without knowing where his next meal would come from.
        毕竟,人类决不是伊索寓言中的那只寒鸦,可以自满且虚荣地整日沉湎于唱歌跳舞,却全然不知下一餐食物将从何而来。
      4. He at once clipped the Jackdaw's wings, and taking him home at night, gave him to his children.
        晚上,牧羊人把这只穴乌带回家,拿给孩子们看。
      5. Crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay. In some culture, a crow is associated with badness.
        乌鸦;大乌鸦;秃鼻乌鸦;寒鸦;红嘴山鸦;鹊;松鸦。在某种文化中,乌鸦是不吉祥的象徵。
      6. I propose to make the Jackdaw king, because of the beauty of its plumage.
        我提议让唱着美丽羽毛的寒鸦当国王。

      英英释义

      noun

      1. common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery

          Synonym:    dawCorvus monedula