canary
英 [kəˈneəri]
美 [kəˈneri]
n. 金丝雀
复数：canaries
Collins.1 / BNC.12048 / COCA.19242
柯林斯词典
- 金丝雀
Canariesare small yellow birds which sing beautifully and are often kept as pets.
英英释义
noun
- any of several small Old World finches
- a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
- a female singer
- someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
adj
- having the color of a canary
双语例句
- John was worried; his canary was off feed.
约翰很着急，他的金丝雀不想吃东西了。 - Greece is the canary in the mine.
希腊是矿井中的金丝雀。 - Surf spreads a foamy swath over a black beach in Gomera in Spain's Canary Islands.
在西班牙加那利群岛上的戈梅拉，海浪在黑色的海滩上卷起层层的泡沫。 - I don't know how it happened genetically, but that baby canary was bright orange.
我并不清楚遗传的方式，但这只小金丝雀却是明亮的橙黄色。 - Canary got trapped, the uranium mine.
金丝雀了被困的铀矿。 - In the past a small Canary would suffice.
过去一个小金丝雀就足够了。 - After waiting a while, and with a fresh canary, the miners could safely reenter the mine.
过一段时间之后，如果新换上的金丝雀安然无恙，矿工们又可以安全地重返矿井。 - There is, for instance, no trace of the Canary Islands, which had been colonised in 1402.
例如，地图上丝毫没有加那利群岛的影子，尽管该群岛早在1402年就已是欧洲殖民地。 - He gently rattled the cage and whispered to the canary
他轻轻晃动着鸟笼，和金丝雀轻声低语着。 - You sing like a beautiful canary.
你的歌声听起来像美妙的金丝雀。