ca·nar·y
noun/kəˈneəri/
/kəˈneri/
(plural canaries)
Idioms - a small yellow bird with a beautiful song, often kept in a cage as a pet
金丝雀 Oxford Collocations DictionaryCanary is used before these nouns:- yellow
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French canari, from Spanish canario ‘canary’ or ‘person from the Canary Islands’.
Idioms
a canary in a/the coal mine
- something that gives you an early warning of danger
危险的预兆；早期预警 - Among the species at risk is the silvery minnow, the river's equivalent of a canary in a coal mine.
面临危险的物种之一是银鲦鱼，这条河相当于煤矿里的金丝雀。
- Among the species at risk is the silvery minnow, the river's equivalent of a canary in a coal mine.
like the cat that got/ate/swallowed the canary (US English)
(British English like a cat that’s got the cream)
- very pleased with yourself
扬扬得意；踌躇满志 - She looked like a cat that’s swallowed the canary. She was almost purring with pleasure.
她看起来就像一只吞下了金丝雀的猫。她几乎高兴得发出呼噜声。
- She looked like a cat that’s swallowed the canary. She was almost purring with pleasure.