请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 crombec
释义

Definition of crombec in English:

crombec

noun ˈkrɒmbɛkˈkrämbek
  • A small African warbler with a very short tail, and grey or green upper parts with rufous or white underparts.

    森莺

    Genus Sylvietta, family Sylviidae: several species, in particular the (northern) crombec (S. brachyura)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The four species of longbills are mostly forest birds with longer bills and tails than crombecs, and mostly very drab in plumage.
    • New birds will come thick and fast - woodpeckers, kingfishers, barbets, tinkerbirds, widows, cisticolas, apalis and prinias, crombecs, various sparrows and canaries.
    • We headed up the Lake Albert escarpment avoiding marching soldiers then stopped for an hour in the Budongo Forest for a walk with crombecs.
    • We will stop en route to enjoy the birdlife of Langebaan Lagoon, the colony of Cape Gannets at Lambert's Bay, and the more unusual passerines of the arid areas; in particular the tit-babblers, larks and crombecs.
    • This tour saw all of the possible weavers and crombecs of Kenya.

Origin

Early 20th century: from French, from Dutch krom 'crooked' + bek 'beak'.

Definition of crombec in US English:

crombec

nounˈkrämbek
  • A small African warbler with a very short tail, and gray or green upper parts with rufous or white underparts.

    森莺

    Genus Sylvietta, family Sylviidae: several species, in particular the (northern) crombec (S. brachyura)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The four species of longbills are mostly forest birds with longer bills and tails than crombecs, and mostly very drab in plumage.
    • This tour saw all of the possible weavers and crombecs of Kenya.
    • New birds will come thick and fast - woodpeckers, kingfishers, barbets, tinkerbirds, widows, cisticolas, apalis and prinias, crombecs, various sparrows and canaries.
    • We will stop en route to enjoy the birdlife of Langebaan Lagoon, the colony of Cape Gannets at Lambert's Bay, and the more unusual passerines of the arid areas; in particular the tit-babblers, larks and crombecs.
    • We headed up the Lake Albert escarpment avoiding marching soldiers then stopped for an hour in the Budongo Forest for a walk with crombecs.

Origin

Early 20th century: from French, from Dutch krom ‘crooked’ + bek ‘beak’.

随便看

 

英汉双解词典包含464360条英汉词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/10/19 10:27:10