| 词汇 | grebe |
| 释义 | grebe noun[ C ] uk /ɡriːb/ us /ɡriːb/ any of a family of grey or brown water birds that swim on or under surface of the water鸊鷉 Hannu Hautala/Nordic Photos/GettyImages Birds which live by or on inland water bittern coot corncrake crane cygnet egret flamingo heron ibis kingfisher moorhen mute swan pelican pen snipe stork swan wader water bird waterfowl Examples of grebegrebe Most entries are accompanied by excellent photographs, and each section (divers and grebes, geese, raptors, etc) has a colour plate representing each nominate race. The grebe population increased rapidly to 5 or so breeding pairs in the 1970s, rising to 7 or 8 pairs in some years. For example, the phalaropes are included but the grebes (some of which spend a substantial part of the year at sea) are excluded. Thus, at the start of each cycle there was a dense population of stunted roach, low numbers of rudd and a large grebe population. The most likely explanation is that transmission of each species became at best difficult and at worst impossible at such low densities of both perch and grebes. One of those cases was the case of 130,000 grebe skins which were brought in a few years ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think one was the grebe and the other the case of feathers being brought here in a portmanteau. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We used to have regular visits from great crested grebe on my farm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think the case quoted about the grebe proves just the opposite. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These include cormorants, grebes and potentially will include migrants which arrive in due course. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Was it not in 1924 that the grebe case was taken? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirdly, the site must have a total of more than 10,000 waterfowl, not including coots and grebes, regardless of the species regularly present. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are also significant wintering populations of several bird species, including red-breasted mergansers—a new one to me—and great crested grebes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The bittern and the great crested grebe have been great rarities in my lifetime, but now are not at all uncommon in parts of the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can put up with grebes, of both kinds, with kingfishers of course, and with all the lovely things, but the cormorant to me is not a lovely thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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