cuckoos

英 [ˈkʊkuːz]

美 [ˈkukuz]

n.  杜鹃(鸟); 布谷鸟
cuckoo的复数

柯林斯词典

• 杜鹃(鸟);布谷鸟
  Acuckoois a bird that has a call of two quick notes, and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.

双语例句

• From the recesses of this knot of foliage the loud notes of three cuckoos were resounding through the still air.
  在这一簇一簇树叶的幽深处，三只杜鹃的啼叫声透过静止的空气在回响着。
• You see there are cuckoos and azaleas as well as the Azalea Pond at Huanglong.
  你想黄龙既有杜鹃鸟又有杜鹃花，还有我们面前的杜鹃映彩池。
• And what cuckoos say, you know.
  杜鹃怎么叫，你知讲。
• Yet the US economy is roughly six times as large as the UK's. The UK's cuckoos are too big.
  然而美国经济的规模是英国大约6倍。英国的坏账过于庞大。
• Sometimes the mother bird starves her own offspring because of the cuckoos incessant de-mands.
  有时候，母鸟把自己的孩子活活饿死了，就因为布谷鸟不断地要吃的。
• Cuckoos would have good reason to do so, since the warblers and other small birds in whose nests they lay their eggs are understandably frightened of hawks, and give them a wide berth.
  从柳莺和它的小型鸟类在自已的鸟巢里产了鸟蛋后被鹰吓得飞得很远，杜鹃有很好的理由模仿雀鹰。
• All cuckoos are born female; some become males later in life, usually after experiencing motherhood for several years first.
  所有的cuckoowrasse鱼刚生下来时都是雌性的，后来其中的一些雌鱼在当了几年母亲后，会转变成雄鱼。
• I have read that the amount of yellow on the lower mandible might be useful for cuckoos, but don't know how.
  我读过文章说下嘴的黄色部位比例也许对判断杜鹃科种类有用，但是我不清楚如何运用。
• They have tested the idea that cuckoos mimic hawks& or, at least, that warblers think cuckoos look hawklike.
  他们已测试了这种观点，杜鹃模仿老鹰&或者，至少鸣禽认为杜鹃看起来像老鹰。
• Amid fears cuckoos are falling victim to an ever more unsettled climate and aggressive modern farming methods, the charity asked Britons to go on alert for the noisy birds.
  由于担心它会成为日趋多变的气候以及掠夺式的现代耕作方法的牺牲品，该慈善团体要求英国人特别留意这种聒噪的鸟儿。