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a pelican
用于首次提及或泛指单只鹈鹕；若后文再次提到，通常改用 the。
A pelican often rests on the water after fishing.
鹈鹕捕鱼后常常在水面上休息。
鹈鹕
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
鹈鹕
pelican
A pelican often rests on the water after fishing.
鹈鹕捕鱼后常常在水面上休息。
鹈鹕科的各种海鸟,具有长喙和可扩张的喉囊。
Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.
鹈鹕
large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish
美国路易斯安那州的原住民或居民。
A native or resident of the American state of Louisiana.
用于将过度拥挤的牙齿分开的一组镊子。
A set of forceps used to force overcrowded teeth apart.
At the zoo, a pelican sat by the pond and cleaned its feathers.
在动物园里，一只鹈鹕坐在池塘边梳理羽毛。
The fisherman watched a pelican dive into the water to catch a fish.
渔夫看着一只鹈鹕潜入水中捕鱼。
Pelicans often fly low over the waves in large groups.
鹈鹕常常成群地贴着海浪低飞。
用于首次提及或泛指单只鹈鹕；若后文再次提到，通常改用 the。
A pelican often rests on the water after fishing.
鹈鹕捕鱼后常常在水面上休息。
复数形式表示多个个体或泛指整个群体，无需加冠词。
Pelicans are easy to recognize by their long bills.
鹈鹕很容易通过它们的长喙辨认出来。
定冠词可特指上下文已确定的鹈鹕，也可在科普性说明中代表整个物种。
The pelican uses its pouch to catch fish.
鹈鹕用它的喉囊捕鱼。
Not this
I saw two pelican at the lake.
Use this
I saw two pelicans at the lake.
pelican（鹈鹕）是可数名词，复数形式是 pelicans。汉语名词没有复数变化，但英语在 two 等数量词后必须使用名词复数形式。
Not this
Pelican is a water bird.
Use this
A pelican is a water bird.
pelican 是单数可数名词，不能单独以零冠词形式出现。泛指某一类鸟时用 a pelican 或 the pelican；这里改为 a pelican 就是正确表达。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
鹈鹕的喙
A pelican's bill has a pouch that can hold fish.
鹈鹕的喙上有一个可以装鱼的喉囊。
褐鹈鹕
The brown pelican is often seen along the coast.
沿海地区经常能看到褐鹈鹕。
卷羽鹈鹕
The Dalmatian pelican is one of the heaviest pelican species.
卷羽鹈鹕是最重的鹈鹕物种之一。
一群鹈鹕
A flock of pelicans flew low over the water.
一群鹈鹕贴着水面低飞而过。
鹈鹕繁殖群
Scientists counted every bird in the breeding colony of pelicans.
科学家清点了这群繁殖鹈鹕的每一只鸟。
鹈鹕保护区
The zoo opened a pelican sanctuary near the lake.
动物园在湖边建了一个鹈鹕保护区。
鹈鹕是一种奇妙的鸟！它的喙能装下的，比它肚子能装的还多。它用喙一叼，就能叼足一周的食物，可我真不知道它到底是怎么做到的。
This famous limerick about the pelican was written by American humorist Dixon Lanier Merritt.
这首关于鹈鹕的著名打油诗出自美国幽默作家迪克森·拉尼尔·梅里特之手。
Use Pelican naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
pelican（鹈鹕）的大嘴下挂着皮囊，像随身带了个捞鱼袋；记住 p 开头的 pouch（袋）就是它的标志。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交谈、自然纪录片、鸟类观察、动物园介绍 “pelican”是鹈鹕的常用中性词，在日常交谈、科普介绍和书面描述中都比较常见；正式场合和随意场合都能使用，没有明显的语域限制。
All of the -ican words here end in the same unstressed /ɪkən/ as pelican, but none is a true rhyme because the stressed vowel or the consonant after it differs. Pellet and pelvis share pelican's opening /ˈpɛl/ but have different endings. There is no common word that rhymes exactly with /ˈpɛləkən/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.