英语词汇篇 - 动物合唱团之三
文/空悟孙
图/来自网络
单词英文释义/New Oxford American Dictionary
故事
清晨，公鸡打鸣。外面传来婉转的鸟鸣，叽叽喳喳的麻雀也来凑热闹。林子里聒噪的乌鸦不知踪迹。空悟孙得起床了。
词汇
warble/chirp/chirrup
warble
(of a bird) sing softly and with a succession of constantly changing notes【指抑扬婉转的鸟叫，啭鸣】
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Larks are warbling in the tree.
百灵鸟在树上鸣唱。
Warbling bird flitted from tree to tree.
鸣叫的鸟儿从一棵树飞窜到另一棵树。
chirp=chirrup
(typically of a small bird or an insect) utter a short, sharp, high-pitched sound【指鸟儿啁啾，叽叽喳喳的叫】
Sparrows chirpped on the electric wire.
麻雀在电线上叽叽喳喳。
crow
(of a cock) utter its characteristic loud cry【主要指公鸡的啼鸣】
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A cock crowed in the early morning.
清早，公鸡打鸣。
caw
the harsh cry of a crow or similar bird
utter a caw【指乌鸦聒噪的叫】
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Crows in the tree cawed.
树上的乌鸦聒噪不已。
重温故事
清晨，公鸡打鸣(crow)。外面传来婉转的鸟鸣(birds warble)，叽叽喳喳的麻雀(chirpping sparrows)也来凑热闹。林子里聒噪的乌鸦(cawing crows)不知踪迹。空悟孙得起床了。
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