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单词 auk
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Definition of auk in English:

auk

noun ɔːkɔk
  • A short-winged diving seabird found in northern oceans, typically with a black head and black and white underparts.

    红雀

    Family Alcidae (the auk family), which comprises the guillemots, razorbills, puffins, and their relatives

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The auks ' ecological niche was similar to the penguins ’, but not the same.
    • The long Norwegian coast is home to millions of seabirds, including a large number of auks and kittiwakes, which are found in the northern half of the country.
    • Perhaps the only exceptions are auks, penguins and other birds which ‘fly’ under water.
    • The great auks, Purcell reports, were ‘hunted for their feathers… and to loosen their plumage the birds were boiled in large cauldrons over fires fed by oil from auks killed before them.’
    • Among auk species, female-male differences in parental care are less well known.

Origin

Late 17th century: from Old Norse álka 'razorbill'.

Rhymes

baulk, Bork, caulk (US calk), chalk, cork, Dundalk, Falk, fork, gawk, hawk, Hawke, nork, orc, outwalk, pork, squawk, stalk, stork, talk, torc, torque, walk, york

Definition of auk in US English:

auk

nounɔkôk
  • A short-winged diving seabird found in northern oceans, typically with a black head and black and white underparts.

    红雀

    Family Alcidae (the auk family), which comprises the guillemots, murres, razorbills, puffins, and their relatives. See also great auk, dovekie

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Perhaps the only exceptions are auks, penguins and other birds which ‘fly’ under water.
    • Among auk species, female-male differences in parental care are less well known.
    • The long Norwegian coast is home to millions of seabirds, including a large number of auks and kittiwakes, which are found in the northern half of the country.
    • The great auks, Purcell reports, were ‘hunted for their feathers… and to loosen their plumage the birds were boiled in large cauldrons over fires fed by oil from auks killed before them.’
    • The auks ' ecological niche was similar to the penguins ’, but not the same.

Origin

Late 17th century: from Old Norse álka ‘razorbill’.

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