Word · Frequency #12048
canary
金丝雀;黄色小鸣鸟
核心释义
a small yellow songbird, especially one of the finch family native to the Canary Islands; any of various small birds that are mostly yellow
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金丝雀
A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
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与诺维奇城足球俱乐部有关的人,如球迷、球员、教练等
Someone connected with Norwich City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
- 3.
为警方充当线人或诱饵的人
someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
- 4.
黄色小鸟
Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
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女歌手
a female singer
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淡黄色
A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
- 7.
略带绿色的中等黄色
a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
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Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)
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A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.
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A change that is tested by being rolled out first to a subset of machines or users before rolling out to all.
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A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
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A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
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A previously-issued ticket, retained by a ticket-seller, conductor or driver and resold to a subsequent passenger as a means of defrauding the transport company.
淡黄色;嫩黄色;试验品;试验对象;线人;告密者;女歌手;诺维奇城足球俱乐部相关人员(球迷、球员、教练等)
用法In use
My grandmother keeps a canary in a cage.
用法提示:此处“canary”作为可数名词,指一种小型黄色鸣禽。
The canary sang beautifully this morning.
用法提示:“canary”作主语,指代一只金丝雀。
The pet store had several canaries for sale.
用法提示:“canaries”是“canary”的复数形式,指多只金丝雀。
a canary
金丝雀常作为宠物鸟饲养。
She keeps a canary as a pet.
她养了一只金丝雀作为宠物。
canary yellow
canary yellow 指淡黄色。
The dress is a bright canary yellow.
这条裙子是明亮的淡黄色。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- canary in a coal mine
- 煤矿中的金丝雀;早期预警信号
- The sudden drop in sales was a canary in a coal mine for the company.销售额的突然下降对这家公司来说是一个早期预警信号。
- sing like a canary
- 像金丝雀一样歌唱;(指被捕后)全部招供
- As soon as he was caught, he sang like a canary.他一被抓就全盘招供了。
- canary yellow
- 淡黄色;金丝雀黄
- The walls were painted a bright canary yellow.墙壁被漆成明亮的淡黄色。
- pet canary
- 宠物金丝雀
- His pet canary sings every morning.他的宠物金丝雀每天早晨都会唱歌。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象一只金黄小鸟在加那利群岛唱歌,canary 就是金丝雀。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:宠物店、家庭饲养、观鸟活动 这里指‘金丝雀’这种黄色小鸣禽,是最常见的用法。该义项通常用于日常对话、宠物店或观鸟等普通场景,语气中性;若指其他含义则另有语境。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 canary 押韵:cherry、berry、ferry、merry、vary(末尾都发 /ɛri/,和 canary 重读的 /nɛri/ 呼应)。注意像 salary 这样以 -ary 结尾的词常读 /əri/,发音与 /ɛri/ 不同,不要被拼写误导。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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