| 词汇 | curlew |
| 释义 | curlew noun[ C ] uk /ˈkɜː.ljuː/ us /ˈkɝː.ljuː/ a large, brownish-coloured bird with long legs and a very long, curved beak, usually found near water（通常生活在水边的）鹬 BrianLasenby/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Birds found by or on the sea Adélie penguin albatross booby cormorant emperor penguin gannet gentoo penguin guillemot gull Humboldt penguin kittiwake oystercatcher penguin petrel plover rockhopper penguin seagull shag skimmer skua A curlew flew past me, borne out of the darkness, and its cry made me feel sad and shiver. Are the curlew calling? Large flocks of Spanish curlews, one of the best-flavoured birds that fly, were hovering about, and lighting on it on all sides. Nothing could be seen except four or five large curlew, which, with their loud screaming, were wheeling over my head, and now and then alighting upon the prairie. The small birds of the plains and the curlew are still abundant: we saw but could not come within gunshot of a large bear. Examples of curlewcurlew Innumerable boulders, relics of the glacial period encumbered the track, the only sound we heard was the croak of the curlew the whistle of the golden plover. On the hills, most ground-nesting birds, such as curlew, plover, merlin or hen harriers, would be wiped out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The curlew is another bird classed as a food bird. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to enter a plea for those birds, and also for the curlew. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some birds are particularly attractive to watch as well as to listen to and the curlew falls into that class. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The great mass of birds do not come into either schedule, and we say that the curlew should be one of them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The curlew, a charming bird, is a wader and inedible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should have thought that the needs of the curlew were slightly different from the needs of humans. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was in private ownership and it was going derelict, keeping nothing but an odd curlew or two. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am in agreement with their action in respect of the curlew. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any of us who have heard the call of the curlew in a marsh can hardly think of anything more beautiful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But there is no necessity to confuse the curlew with the whimbrel or the redshank with the spotted redshank. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are easily confused with the curlew, unless sitting beside them on the shoreline. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But, once again, we shall carefully monitor the course of the curlew. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The committee noted that the outlook for the dunlin, redshank and curlew is not, in its words, "reassuring". 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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