| 词汇 | murmuration |
| 释义 | murmuration noun[ C ] uk /ˈmɜː.məˈreɪ.ʃən/ us /ˈmɝː.mɚˈeɪ.ʃən/ a large group of birds, usually starlings, that all fly together and change direction together, or the act of birds doing this : 椋鸟群飞 Starling murmurations are one of the most dazzling displays in the natural world.椋鸟群飞是自然界最耀眼的表演之一。 a murmuration of starlings群飞的椋鸟 Bird experts call the phenomenon a murmuration - starlings returning to their winter roost in a swirl after feeding. A starling flock like this is called a murmuration, a word that perfectly describes the rustle of thousands of pairs of wings. We witnessed a sudden swooping, squawking murmuration of starlings. Animal groupings bevy biomass brood colony colony collapse colony collapse disorder flight flock gaggle herd hive menagerie murder pack pair pod shoal subcolony swarm team You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Animal (non-human) behaviour Examples of murmurationmurmuration I thought he was going to use another noun of multitude and start talking about a "murmuration" of matrons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You have prides of lions, gaggles of geese, murmurations of starlings and always hordes of officials. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A flock of starlings is called a murmuration. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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