| 词汇 | kiwi |
| 释义 | kiwi noun[ C ] uk /ˈkiː.wiː/ us /ˈkiː.wiː/ kiwinoun[C] (FRUIT)(alsokiwi fruit); (alsoChinese gooseberry) an oval fruit with brown skin covered in hairs and bright green flesh: 猕猴桃，奇异果 The skin of the kiwi is edible but I do not recommend it. Fruit stands keep a steady stock of imported bananas, strawberries and kiwis. Vesna Jovanovic/EyeEm/EyeEm/GettyImages Types of fruit ackee alligator pear alpine strawberry amla açaí cloudberry coconut cooker cooking apple copra loganberry longan loquat lychee majhool date redcurrant rockmelon rose hip salmonberry saskatoon kiwinoun[C] (BIRD)a New Zealand bird, with a long beak and feathers like hairs, that cannot fly and that is the national symbol of New Zealand: 鹬鸵，几维（新西兰国鸟，喙长，不能飞） The kiwi can detect other birds and animals on its territory and will readily attack them with its claws. In the wild, only one in 20 kiwi chicks survives its first year. GlobalP/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Other wild birds bird of paradise blackbird blue tit bluebird bluejay flycatcher goldfinch greenfinch honeyeater hoopoe magpie martin mockingbird mynah nighthawk sparrow squab starling swift swiftlet kiwinoun[C] (PERSON)informal(alsoKiwi) a person from New Zealand: 新西兰人 I married a Kiwi and have very fond memories of when I lived in New Zealand. It is most likely that the Kiwis adopted this expression from their British friends. kiwi adjective uk /ˈkiː.wiː/ us /ˈkiː.wiː/ informal(alsoKiwi) from or relating to New Zealand: The kiwi boys were used to this sort of weather. Seen from a Kiwi viewpoint the English World Cup celebrations seemed rather excessive. Countries, nationalities & continents: nationalities Afghan Albanian Algerian an Andorran Ghanaian Gibraltarian Greenlander Greenlandic Grenadian non-Russian North American North Korean Northern Irish NRI Vietnamese Vincentian Virgin Islands Welshman Welshwoman Examples of kiwikiwi Testing of the procedure was performed using four types of fruits: nectarine, orange, apple and kiwi. Even one day of submergence would be too long for the ancestors of the bellbird, kiwi, southern beech and tuatara. We were able to interview 12 of the 14 organic almond handlers, 8 of the 10 organic kiwi handlers and 10 of the 15 handlers of organic winter pears. If we had applied the current procedures to the authorisation of the potato or the kiwi fruit we might not have them on our table today. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The egg is very large, as it weighs 20% of the female's weight (as in all kiwis). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Kiwis and shorebirds with long bills probe for invertebrates; shorebirds' varied bill lengths and feeding methods result in the separation of ecological niches. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Unlike most birds, female great spotted kiwis have two ovaries. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The ratites are large flightless birds, and include ostriches, rheas, cassowaries, kiwis and emus. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The fruit of this species is thin and the flesh is very juicy and edible, reminiscent of kiwis in flavor. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Kiwis have disproportionately large eggs, up to 20% of the female's body weight. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Emus, cassowaries, and kiwis show some dimorphism, predominantly in size. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Previously, humans hunted these kiwis for feathers and food. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At most, four to five kiwis live in a square kilometer. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If the kiwis live in an area lacking predators, they will come out in the day. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Great spotted kiwis reside in complex, maze-like burrows that they construct. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of kiwi 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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