Definition of curlew in English:

curlew

nounPlural curlews ˈkəːl(j)uː

A large wading bird of the sandpiper family, with a long downcurved bill, brown streaked plumage, and frequently a distinctive ascending two-note call.
杓鹬。参见STONE CURLEW
Genus Numenius, family Scolopacidae: several species, in particular N. arquata of Eurasia
See also stone curlew
Example sentencesExamples
- Other migratory birds observed in the shallow waters were bar headed geese, open bill storks, northern pintails, gadwalls, curlews, black tailed godwits, spoonbills, green shanks, red shanks and so on.
- In the mud flats of the Bay of Fundy, you'll see large roosts of shorebirds - plovers, yellowlegs, godwits, curlews, and phalaropes - at high tide.
- Conservationists are now hoping for fine weather this year to give the tiny chicks of birds such as lapwing, curlew, redshank and snipe a chance of survival.
- ‘We call this lazy birding,’ says Clarke, pointing out the thousands of brown and white pelicans, the curlews, godwits, and avocets around us.
- The moorland blaze has come at a bad time for ground-nesting birds such as golden plovers, curlews, lapwings and merlins, a rare bird of prey.
- It is the home of the lapwing, curlew, golden plover, dunlin and red grouse.
- The Peak District provides some of the last remaining habitats for golden plover, lapwing, curlew and twite.
- So why cannot hen harriers, sparrowhawks and goshawks be controlled to protect lapwings, curlews, golden plovers and, yes, pheasants and grouse?
- The shocking results from the county are that no breeding pairs of curlew, lapwing, redshank, snipe or oystercatcher were recorded on the sites surveyed.
- The waders, curlews, plovers and lapwing were there long before the hedgehogs were introduced.
- When I came in April, the whimbrel, a summer migrant, had arrived to join the resident curlews, redshanks and oystercatchers.
- The large numbers of birds in the area, including nationally important numbers of golden plover, curlew, dunlin, merlin and twite, make it a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- It is similar in size, shape, and color to the Marbled Godwit, but the curlew's decurved bill distinguishes it from the upturned bill of the Marbled Godwit.
- A giant among waders, the curlew is unmistakable with long bill and legs.
- At first glance the drained muds of the Blyth estuary were dotted with shelduck, redshank, curlew, wigeon, pintail and black headed gulls.
- This quirk of avian physiology turned out to be the key to explaining some odd behavior of the eastern curlew, a shorebird that vacations in Australia before taking off to breed in Siberia.
- Rare bird species, including wading birds such as the curlew, lapwing and snipe, would also be reintroduced to the site under the plans.
- Other wildlife to be seen at the reserve includes a number of notable bird species such as golden plover, curlew and greenshank.
- He insists this perception is wrong and that the main threat to curlews and plovers comes not from buzzards but habitat loss.
- He has 120 breeding pairs of waders on his land, including lapwings, curlews and redshanks.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French courlieu, alteration (by association with courliu 'courier', from courre 'run' + lieu 'place') of imitative courlis.

cuckoo from Middle English:
The cuckoo is one of those birds whose name echoes the sound of its distinctive call—other examples are curlew (Late Middle English), hoopoe (mid 17th century), kittiwake (mid 17th century), and peewit [E16th]. You can describe an unwelcome intruder in a place or situation as a cuckoo in the nest. This comes from the cuckoo's habit of laying her eggs to be raised in another bird's nest. Cuckold (Old English), referring to the husband of an unfaithful wife, also derives from cucu, and plays on the same cuckoo-in-the-nest idea, although it is not actually the husband who is being the ‘cuckoo’. The reason that a silly or mad person is described as a cuckoo, or is said to have gone cuckoo, is probably that the bird's monotonously repeated call suggests simple-mindedness. Kook, ‘an eccentric person’, is short for cuckoo. It was first recorded in the 1920s but only really became common in the late 1950s. See also cloud, coccyx

Definition of curlew in US English:

curlew

noun

A large wading bird of the sandpiper family, with a long down-curved bill, brown streaked plumage, and frequently a distinctive ascending two-note call.
杓鹬。参见STONE CURLEW
Genus Numenius, family Scolopacidae: several species, including the common Eurasian N. arquata and the North American long-billed curlew (N. americanus)
See also stone curlew
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘We call this lazy birding,’ says Clarke, pointing out the thousands of brown and white pelicans, the curlews, godwits, and avocets around us.
- It is similar in size, shape, and color to the Marbled Godwit, but the curlew's decurved bill distinguishes it from the upturned bill of the Marbled Godwit.
- When I came in April, the whimbrel, a summer migrant, had arrived to join the resident curlews, redshanks and oystercatchers.
- The moorland blaze has come at a bad time for ground-nesting birds such as golden plovers, curlews, lapwings and merlins, a rare bird of prey.
- The shocking results from the county are that no breeding pairs of curlew, lapwing, redshank, snipe or oystercatcher were recorded on the sites surveyed.
- Other wildlife to be seen at the reserve includes a number of notable bird species such as golden plover, curlew and greenshank.
- In the mud flats of the Bay of Fundy, you'll see large roosts of shorebirds - plovers, yellowlegs, godwits, curlews, and phalaropes - at high tide.
- The Peak District provides some of the last remaining habitats for golden plover, lapwing, curlew and twite.
- This quirk of avian physiology turned out to be the key to explaining some odd behavior of the eastern curlew, a shorebird that vacations in Australia before taking off to breed in Siberia.
- At first glance the drained muds of the Blyth estuary were dotted with shelduck, redshank, curlew, wigeon, pintail and black headed gulls.
- He insists this perception is wrong and that the main threat to curlews and plovers comes not from buzzards but habitat loss.
- He has 120 breeding pairs of waders on his land, including lapwings, curlews and redshanks.
- Conservationists are now hoping for fine weather this year to give the tiny chicks of birds such as lapwing, curlew, redshank and snipe a chance of survival.
- It is the home of the lapwing, curlew, golden plover, dunlin and red grouse.
- A giant among waders, the curlew is unmistakable with long bill and legs.
- The large numbers of birds in the area, including nationally important numbers of golden plover, curlew, dunlin, merlin and twite, make it a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- So why cannot hen harriers, sparrowhawks and goshawks be controlled to protect lapwings, curlews, golden plovers and, yes, pheasants and grouse?
- Rare bird species, including wading birds such as the curlew, lapwing and snipe, would also be reintroduced to the site under the plans.
- The waders, curlews, plovers and lapwing were there long before the hedgehogs were introduced.
- Other migratory birds observed in the shallow waters were bar headed geese, open bill storks, northern pintails, gadwalls, curlews, black tailed godwits, spoonbills, green shanks, red shanks and so on.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French courlieu, alteration (by association with courliu ‘courier’, from courre ‘run’ + lieu ‘place’) of imitative courlis.

单词	curlew
释义	Definition of curlew in English: curlew nounPlural curlews ˈkəːl(j)uː A large wading bird of the sandpiper family, with a long downcurved bill, brown streaked plumage, and frequently a distinctive ascending two-note call. 杓鹬。参见STONE CURLEW Genus Numenius, family Scolopacidae: several species, in particular N. arquata of Eurasia See also stone curlew Example sentencesExamples Other migratory birds observed in the shallow waters were bar headed geese, open bill storks, northern pintails, gadwalls, curlews, black tailed godwits, spoonbills, green shanks, red shanks and so on. In the mud flats of the Bay of Fundy, you'll see large roosts of shorebirds - plovers, yellowlegs, godwits, curlews, and phalaropes - at high tide. Conservationists are now hoping for fine weather this year to give the tiny chicks of birds such as lapwing, curlew, redshank and snipe a chance of survival. ‘We call this lazy birding,’ says Clarke, pointing out the thousands of brown and white pelicans, the curlews, godwits, and avocets around us. The moorland blaze has come at a bad time for ground-nesting birds such as golden plovers, curlews, lapwings and merlins, a rare bird of prey. It is the home of the lapwing, curlew, golden plover, dunlin and red grouse. The Peak District provides some of the last remaining habitats for golden plover, lapwing, curlew and twite. So why cannot hen harriers, sparrowhawks and goshawks be controlled to protect lapwings, curlews, golden plovers and, yes, pheasants and grouse? The shocking results from the county are that no breeding pairs of curlew, lapwing, redshank, snipe or oystercatcher were recorded on the sites surveyed. The waders, curlews, plovers and lapwing were there long before the hedgehogs were introduced. When I came in April, the whimbrel, a summer migrant, had arrived to join the resident curlews, redshanks and oystercatchers. The large numbers of birds in the area, including nationally important numbers of golden plover, curlew, dunlin, merlin and twite, make it a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is similar in size, shape, and color to the Marbled Godwit, but the curlew's decurved bill distinguishes it from the upturned bill of the Marbled Godwit. A giant among waders, the curlew is unmistakable with long bill and legs. At first glance the drained muds of the Blyth estuary were dotted with shelduck, redshank, curlew, wigeon, pintail and black headed gulls. This quirk of avian physiology turned out to be the key to explaining some odd behavior of the eastern curlew, a shorebird that vacations in Australia before taking off to breed in Siberia. Rare bird species, including wading birds such as the curlew, lapwing and snipe, would also be reintroduced to the site under the plans. Other wildlife to be seen at the reserve includes a number of notable bird species such as golden plover, curlew and greenshank. He insists this perception is wrong and that the main threat to curlews and plovers comes not from buzzards but habitat loss. He has 120 breeding pairs of waders on his land, including lapwings, curlews and redshanks. Origin Middle English: from Old French courlieu, alteration (by association with courliu 'courier', from courre 'run' + lieu 'place') of imitative courlis. cuckoo from Middle English: The cuckoo is one of those birds whose name echoes the sound of its distinctive call—other examples are curlew (Late Middle English), hoopoe (mid 17th century), kittiwake (mid 17th century), and peewit [E16th]. You can describe an unwelcome intruder in a place or situation as a cuckoo in the nest. This comes from the cuckoo's habit of laying her eggs to be raised in another bird's nest. Cuckold (Old English), referring to the husband of an unfaithful wife, also derives from cucu, and plays on the same cuckoo-in-the-nest idea, although it is not actually the husband who is being the ‘cuckoo’. The reason that a silly or mad person is described as a cuckoo, or is said to have gone cuckoo, is probably that the bird's monotonously repeated call suggests simple-mindedness. Kook, ‘an eccentric person’, is short for cuckoo. It was first recorded in the 1920s but only really became common in the late 1950s. See also cloud, coccyx Definition of curlew in US English: curlew noun A large wading bird of the sandpiper family, with a long down-curved bill, brown streaked plumage, and frequently a distinctive ascending two-note call. 杓鹬。参见STONE CURLEW Genus Numenius, family Scolopacidae: several species, including the common Eurasian N. arquata and the North American long-billed curlew (N. americanus) See also stone curlew Example sentencesExamples ‘We call this lazy birding,’ says Clarke, pointing out the thousands of brown and white pelicans, the curlews, godwits, and avocets around us. It is similar in size, shape, and color to the Marbled Godwit, but the curlew's decurved bill distinguishes it from the upturned bill of the Marbled Godwit. When I came in April, the whimbrel, a summer migrant, had arrived to join the resident curlews, redshanks and oystercatchers. The moorland blaze has come at a bad time for ground-nesting birds such as golden plovers, curlews, lapwings and merlins, a rare bird of prey. The shocking results from the county are that no breeding pairs of curlew, lapwing, redshank, snipe or oystercatcher were recorded on the sites surveyed. Other wildlife to be seen at the reserve includes a number of notable bird species such as golden plover, curlew and greenshank. In the mud flats of the Bay of Fundy, you'll see large roosts of shorebirds - plovers, yellowlegs, godwits, curlews, and phalaropes - at high tide. The Peak District provides some of the last remaining habitats for golden plover, lapwing, curlew and twite. This quirk of avian physiology turned out to be the key to explaining some odd behavior of the eastern curlew, a shorebird that vacations in Australia before taking off to breed in Siberia. At first glance the drained muds of the Blyth estuary were dotted with shelduck, redshank, curlew, wigeon, pintail and black headed gulls. He insists this perception is wrong and that the main threat to curlews and plovers comes not from buzzards but habitat loss. He has 120 breeding pairs of waders on his land, including lapwings, curlews and redshanks. Conservationists are now hoping for fine weather this year to give the tiny chicks of birds such as lapwing, curlew, redshank and snipe a chance of survival. It is the home of the lapwing, curlew, golden plover, dunlin and red grouse. A giant among waders, the curlew is unmistakable with long bill and legs. The large numbers of birds in the area, including nationally important numbers of golden plover, curlew, dunlin, merlin and twite, make it a Site of Special Scientific Interest. So why cannot hen harriers, sparrowhawks and goshawks be controlled to protect lapwings, curlews, golden plovers and, yes, pheasants and grouse? Rare bird species, including wading birds such as the curlew, lapwing and snipe, would also be reintroduced to the site under the plans. The waders, curlews, plovers and lapwing were there long before the hedgehogs were introduced. Other migratory birds observed in the shallow waters were bar headed geese, open bill storks, northern pintails, gadwalls, curlews, black tailed godwits, spoonbills, green shanks, red shanks and so on. Origin Middle English: from Old French courlieu, alteration (by association with courliu ‘courier’, from courre ‘run’ + lieu ‘place’) of imitative courlis.
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