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the beak of [animal]
表示所属关系时常用of结构。
The beak of an eagle is curved.
鹰的喙是弯曲的。
鸟喙；喙
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鸟喙；喙
The hard, pointed part of a bird's mouth, used for eating, grooming, and picking things up.
The beak of an eagle is curved.
鹰的喙是弯曲的。
A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.
非鸟类动物的喙状嘴(如龟)
beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
A similar pointed structure forming the nose and mouth of various animals, such as turtles, platypuses, whales, etc.
鸟类的角质突出嘴
horny projecting mouth of a bird
The eagle used its sharp beak to tear the fish apart.
老鹰用锋利的喙把鱼撕开。
This bird's beak is perfectly adapted for cracking seeds.
这只鸟的喙非常适合啄开种子。
The toucan's colorful beak is longer than its body.
巨嘴鸟色彩鲜艳的喙比它的身体还长。
表示所属关系时常用of结构。
The beak of an eagle is curved.
鹰的喙是弯曲的。
常与形容词连用描述喙的特征。
The parrot has a colorful beak.
鹦鹉有一个色彩鲜艳的喙。
Not this
The eagle has sharp beak.
Use this
The eagle has a sharp beak.
英语中可数名词单数前通常需要冠词，而汉语没有冠词系统，学习者容易遗漏。这里“beak”是可数名词，表示“鸟喙”，前面需要加不定冠词“a”。
Not this
The bird holds food on its beak.
Use this
The bird holds food in its beak.
汉语表达“用喙叼着”时可能直译为“在喙上”，但英语中表示鸟喙夹住或叼着某物时，介词用“in”而非“on”，因为食物是在喙的内部。
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钩状的喙
Hawks use their hooked beaks to tear apart prey.
鹰用钩状的喙撕碎猎物。
张开喙
The baby bird opened its beak wide for food.
雏鸟张大喙等待喂食。
鸟喙
The bird's beak is perfectly adapted for cracking seeds.
这只鸟的喙非常适合啄开种子。
弯曲的喙
Parrots have a strong, curved beak for climbing and eating.
鹦鹉有强健而弯曲的喙，用来攀爬和进食。
长喙
This shorebird uses its long beak to probe mud for worms.
这种滨鸟用长长的喙在泥里探寻虫子。
多管闲事；插手与自己无关的事
I wish you wouldn't stick your beak in my marriage.
我希望你不要插手我的婚姻。
不过问别人的事；别多管闲事
Keep your beak out of my business!
别管我的事！
在法庭受审；出庭
If you're caught again, you'll end up before the beak.
要是再被抓住，你就要上法庭了。
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 sea, tea)
Same pattern, same sound
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联想：bird和beak都以b开头，鸟用beak（喙）啄食、梳理羽毛。
语域：neutral 常见场景：birdwatching、biology textbooks、nature documentaries beak 是描述鸟类喙的常用中性词，口语和书面语都适用；也可以指龟、鸭嘴兽等动物的喙状嘴，但日常中主要与鸟类搭配。
beak /biːk/ 与 peak、seek、week、leak、cheek 押韵，均以 /iːk/ 结尾；注意 back /bæk/ 和 bake /beɪk/ 看起来像 beak，但发音不同，不押韵。
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