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the crow caws
The crow caws loudly in the morning.
乌鸦在早晨大声啼叫。
乌鸦
crows — plural of crow
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
乌鸦
a large black bird with a harsh croaking call, belonging to the genus Corvus
The crow caws loudly in the morning.
乌鸦在早晨大声啼叫。
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.
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.
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.
发出粗哑叫声的黑色鸟类
black birds having a raucous call
A crow landed on the fence and cawed loudly.
一只乌鸦落在篱笆上，大声叫着。
Farmers often put scarecrows in their fields to keep crows away from the crops.
农民经常在田里放稻草人，以防止乌鸦靠近庄稼。
The old tree was full of crows, making a lot of noise at dawn.
那棵老树上满是乌鸦，黎明时分发出很大的噪音。
The crow caws loudly in the morning.
乌鸦在早晨大声啼叫。
A flock of crows flew over the field.
一群乌鸦飞过田野。
Not this
I saw crow in the tree.
Use this
I saw a crow in the tree.
中文的“乌鸦”是可数名词，但英语中可数名词单数前需要加冠词a/an或the。这里泛指一只乌鸦，所以应加冠词a。
Not this
There are many crow in the field.
Use this
There are many crows in the field.
中文名词没有单复数变化，但英语中可数名词复数需加-s。这里many修饰可数名词，crow应为复数crows。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
一群乌鸦
A murder of crows gathered in the field.
一群乌鸦聚集在田野里。
沿直线距离
It's 10 miles as the crow flies.
直线距离是10英里。
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。
桅杆瞭望台
The sailor climbed to the crow's nest.
水手爬上了桅杆瞭望台。
鱼尾纹
She has crow's feet around her eyes.
她眼睛周围有鱼尾纹。
直线距离
It's only 10 miles as the crow flies, but 20 miles by road.
直线距离只有10英里，但开车需要20英里。
被迫承认错误
He had to eat crow after his prediction was proven wrong.
在他的预测被证明错误后，他不得不认错。
鱼尾纹
She's starting to get crow's feet around her eyes.
她眼睛周围开始出现鱼尾纹。
我是飞在蓝天中的黑乌鸦
In her song 'Black Crow', Joni Mitchell sings: 'I'm a black crow flyin' in a blue sky.'
在她的歌曲《黑乌鸦》中，琼妮·米切尔唱道：'我是飞在蓝天中的黑乌鸦。'
Use crows naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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）。
可数名词
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