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
beaks — plural of beak
喙状嘴;喙形口鼻部;(昆虫等的)喙状口器;吻;喙状尖端;果喙;(贝类的)喙部;喙状物;岬角
The hard, pointed part of a bird's mouth, used for eating, grooming, and picking things up.
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 long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
某些植物结构上喙状的尖端
a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures
The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land.
A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
A toe clip.
That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Libythea, notable for the beak-like elongation on their heads.
The eagle used its sharp beak to tear the fish apart.
老鹰用锋利的喙把鱼撕开。
用法提示:beak 作名词,指鸟类用于撕扯食物的喙。
This bird's beak is perfectly adapted for cracking seeds.
这只鸟的喙非常适合啄开种子。
用法提示:beak 作名词,描述鸟喙的功能适应性。
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。
用法提示:beak 作名词,突出鸟喙的外观特征。
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。
bill 多指鸭、鹅等水禽的扁平喙,beak 更通用,也指猛禽或鸡等钩状、尖状的喙;日常用法中两者常可互换。
grammar · medium
易错句子The eagle has sharp beak.
正确表达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”。
grammar · medium
易错句子The bird holds food on its beak.
正确表达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。
peak与beak发音相近,但peak指山顶,beak指鸟喙,需注意首字母p和b的区别。
bleak与beak仅一字母之差,但bleak是形容词,beak是名词,含义完全不同。
bill和beak中文都译作‘鸟嘴’,但beak通常指钩状或尖细的喙,bill多指扁平宽大的喙(如鸭嘴),且bill还有‘账单’等义项。
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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