
英:/'krəuz/
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n. [鳥] 烏鴉(crow的複數形式);望風者
v. 啼叫;吹噓(crow的三單形式)
What could have caused the crows to caw?
什麼能讓烏鴉叫的?
I never saw a boy foxes and crows loved.
我還從沒見過能讓狐狸和烏鴉喜歡的男孩呢。
At dawn, the crows flew back to their lair.
天亮了,烏鴉飛回了他們的巢穴。
The cock crows and the dawn chorus begins.
公雞叫了,衆鳥的清晨鳴唱隨之開始了。
The researchers hypothesize that crows learn to recognize threatening humans from both parents and others in their flock.
研究人員猜測,這些烏鴉從父母和鴉群的其它成員那裡學會了辨認有威脅的人類。
eat crow
丢臉;被迫收回自己說的話
as the crow flies
筆直地
crow about
吹噓
n.|ravens;烏鴉(crow的複數形式);望風者
烏鴉(crows)是鴉科(Corvidae)鳥類中多個物種的統稱,尤其指鴉屬(Corvus)的鳥類。其含義可從以下維度解析:
鳥類學定義
烏鴉是中型至大型的鳴禽,全球分布廣泛,典型特征包括:
文化象征
在不同文化中具有矛盾寓意:
啼叫行為
指烏鴉發出特有的響亮、嘶啞鳴叫聲,例:
The crow cawed from the treetop.(烏鴉在樹頂啼叫。)
人類行為隱喻
引申為“得意洋洋地誇耀”,常含貶義,例:
He crowed about his promotion for weeks.(他為升職得意了好幾個星期。)
The town is 10 miles away as the crow flies.
After the prediction failed, he had to eat crow.
鳥類分類
鴉屬(Corvus)包含渡鴉(raven)、秃鼻烏鴉(rook)等近40種,其系統分類見國際鳥類學權威機構國際鳥類學家聯盟(IOC)的物種名錄。
行為研究
劍橋大學實驗證實烏鴉能制作鈎狀工具獲取食物(《科學》期刊,2002年),印證其高階認知能力。
㊀ Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Crow Behavior and Ecology.
㊁ Snorri Sturluson. Prose Edda, "Gylfaginning" (13th century).
“Crows”是“crow”的複數形式,具有以下兩層主要含義:
如需進一步探讨烏鴉的生态行為或文化符號,可提供具體方向。
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