Word · Frequency #9901
crow
乌鸦
核心释义
a large black bird with a harsh croaking call, belonging to the genus Corvus
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鸦属鸟类,通常黑色,喙强健圆锥形,有突出刚毛,叫声粗哑
A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
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公鸡或小公鸡的叫声,尤其是在日出时听到的
The cry or call of a rooster or a cockerel, especially as heard at sunrise.
- 3.
蒙大拿州南部的一个美洲原住民部落成员
A member of a Native American tribe of southern Montana.
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发出粗哑叫声的黑色鸟类
black birds having a raucous call
- 5.
一种属于乌鸦蝶属的深色蛱蝶
Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.
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公鸡的啼叫声(或模仿声)
the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
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带有尖端、钩或爪的铁棒；用作杠杆的铁棒；撬棍
A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.
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原居住于蒙大拿州东部的苏族成员
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana
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动物的肠系膜
The mesentery of an animal.
鸡啼声；公鸡的叫声；撬棍；铁撬；克劳族成员；克劳人；紫蝶；乌鸦蝶；肠系膜
用法In use
A crow landed on the fence and cawed loudly.
用法提示：这里'crow'作为可数名词单数形式，指一只乌鸦。
Farmers often put scarecrows in their fields to keep crows away from the crops.
用法提示：这里'crows'是名词复数形式，指多只乌鸦。
The old tree was full of crows, making a lot of noise at dawn.
用法提示：这里'crows'是名词复数形式，指一群乌鸦。
the crow caws
The crow caws loudly in the morning.
乌鸦在早晨大声啼叫。
a flock of crows
A flock of crows flew over the field.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- a murder of crows
- 一群乌鸦
- A murder of crows gathered in the field.一群乌鸦聚集在田野里。
- as the crow flies
- 沿直线距离
- It's 10 miles as the crow flies.直线距离是10英里。
- eat crow
- 被迫认错
- He had to eat crow after his prediction was wrong.他的预测错了之后，他不得不认错。
- crow's nest
- 桅杆瞭望台
- The sailor climbed to the crow's nest.水手爬上了桅杆瞭望台。
- crow's feet
- 鱼尾纹
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
将字母C看作乌鸦的弯嘴，ROW看作树枝，联想乌鸦站在树枝上。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：户外、文学、比喻 乌鸦（crow）通常为中性，泛指这种鸟类；但有时在文学或口语中带不祥的联想，多用于描述鸟类本身或比喻直线距离（as the crow flies）。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words rhyme with 'crow' (pronounced /kroʊ/): throw, snow, go, show, low, know. Note that words spelled with 'ow' like 'cow' (/kaʊ/) do not rhyme.
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。
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