1A mainly European warbler with a black cap in the male and a reddish-brown one in the female.
黑顶林莺，黑冠林莺
Sylvia atricapilla, family Sylviidae
Example sentencesExamples
It is expected the chorus will include the blackcap, willow warbler and chiffchaff and others.
Great-spotted woodpeckers drum while chiffchaffs, blackcaps, chaffinches and wrens sing their hearts out.
The researchers cite as an example the European blackcap, a bird that traditionally breeds in Germany and then migrates southwest for the winter to Spain and Portugal.
We have planted over 800 native trees along the embankment, creating a wonderful habitat for warblers such as whitethroat, garden warbler and blackcap.
The cuckoo arrived five days early this year, and birds like the blackcap and the chiffchaff are increasingly over-wintering in the UK rather than migrating to Africa.
2North American The black-capped chickadee.
〈北美〉黑顶山雀
Parus atricapillus, family Paridae
Definition of blackcap in US English:
blackcap
nounˈblækˌkæpˈblakˌkap
1A mainly European warbler with a black cap in the male and a reddish-brown one in the female.
黑顶林莺，黑冠林莺
Sylvia atricapilla, family Sylviidae
Example sentencesExamples
The researchers cite as an example the European blackcap, a bird that traditionally breeds in Germany and then migrates southwest for the winter to Spain and Portugal.
It is expected the chorus will include the blackcap, willow warbler and chiffchaff and others.
We have planted over 800 native trees along the embankment, creating a wonderful habitat for warblers such as whitethroat, garden warbler and blackcap.
The cuckoo arrived five days early this year, and birds like the blackcap and the chiffchaff are increasingly over-wintering in the UK rather than migrating to Africa.
Great-spotted woodpeckers drum while chiffchaffs, blackcaps, chaffinches and wrens sing their hearts out.