词汇 | puffin |
释义 | puffin noun[ C ] uk /ˈpʌf.ɪn/ us /ˈpʌf.ɪn/ a bird with a large, brightly coloured beak that lives near the sea in northern parts of the world海鹦,角嘴海雀 GlobalP/ iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Birds found by or on the sea Adélie penguin albatross booby cormorant curlew fulmar gannet gentoo penguin guillemot gull king penguin kittiwake oystercatcher penguin petrel rockhopper penguin seagull shag skimmer skua puffin | American Dictionarypuffin noun[ C ] us/ˈpʌf·ɪn/ a sea bird that lives in northern parts of the world and has a large, brightly colored beak Examples of puffinpuffin That is a very grave danger, not only to the salmon but also to the seabirds—the puffins and guillemots. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a magnificent wild bird area—a wonderful place to see puffins. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are in particular the guillemot, the puffin and the gannet. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Meanwhile, the industrial hoovering-up of species such as sand eels has led to crashing populations of bird species such as puffins. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Heavily oiled puffins and razor bills are being washed ashore as well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Puffins, razorbills, guillemots and birds of that type have their feathers clogged with oil while swimming and can neither swim nor fly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Other species, such as the puffin, have also suffered massive breeding failure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am told on inquiry that three species of the auk—the guillemot, the razor-bill and the puffin—have suffered much. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the case of a partridge you find practically no nest at all, and in the case of a puffin you find the nest down a rabbit hole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My note also tells me that there is a certain tendency for great black-backed gulls to feed on puffins and shearwaters but that does not appear to affect populations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Assessments at two trial sites have shown puffin crossings to be successful in allowing more time for pedestrians to cross, particularly disabled and elderly people, without increasing delays to traffic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As they reach offshore islands, we should recognise the impact that this alien introduction will have on the population of sea birds, including gannets and puffins. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There seem to be plenty of puffins. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The restoration efforts are based on the fact that young puffins usually return to breed on the same island where they hatched. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There are signs that the puffins are starting to return to the island to breed. 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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