| 释义 |
shrike/ʃraik/n. any bird of the family Laniidae, with a strong hooked and toothed bill, that impales its prey of small birds and insects on thorns Also called 亦称作 BUTCHER-BIRD 伯劳(其喙呈钩状，硬且利，猎食小鸟和昆虫，将其穿透于荆棘上)[perhaps related to Old English scric ‘thrush’, Middle Low German schrīk ‘corncrake’ (imitative)] |