Word · Frequency #24104
mallard
绿头鸭
mallard
- 1.
Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.
绿头鸭(Anas platyrhynchos),一种常见而分布广泛的钻水鸭,原产于整个北半球,雄鸟头部呈深绿色。
- 2.
wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed
广泛分布的野生淡水鸭,为家鸭的祖先。
- 3.
The meat of this bird, eaten as food.
这种鸟的肉,可作食物。
绿头鸭(Anas platyrhynchos),一种常见而分布广泛的钻水鸭,原产于整个北半球,雄鸟头部呈深绿色。；广泛分布的野生淡水鸭,为家鸭的祖先。；这种鸟的肉,可作食物。；家鸭绿头鸭
In use
A mallard was swimming slowly across the pond this morning.
The children fed the mallards some bread near the lake.
We saw a mallard with a shiny green head resting by the river.
a mallard
mallard 是可数名词，指一只时用 a/an。
A mallard landed on the lake.
一只绿头鸭落在湖面上。
mallards
复数形式是 mallards，用于指多只。
Mallards are common in city parks.
绿头鸭在城市公园里很常见。
Common mistakes
There are many mallard in the lake.There are many mallards in the lake.
mallard 是可数名词，复数是 mallards。汉语说“许多绿头鸭”时名词不带复数标记，所以学习者容易漏掉 -s；表示多只个体时必须用复数形式。
Connections
Collocations
- mallard duck
- 绿头鸭
- A mallard duck swam across the lake.一只绿头鸭游过湖面。
- male mallard
- 雄绿头鸭
- The male mallard has a glossy green head.雄绿头鸭有光滑的绿色头部。
- female mallard
- 雌绿头鸭
- The female mallard is mostly brown.雌绿头鸭大多呈棕色。
- mallard population
- 绿头鸭种群
- The mallard population in this wetland is stable.这片湿地的绿头鸭种群数量稳定。
- wild mallard
- 野生绿头鸭
- Wild mallards migrate south in winter.野生绿头鸭冬季南迁。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
mallard 里藏着 mall（购物中心）：想象购物中心旁水塘里游着一只绿头鸭，雄鸭头顶绿色。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：鸟类图鉴、日常对话 “mallard”是普通词汇，正式和非正式场合都常用，通常指绿头鸭，即家鸭的野生祖先；在鸟类图鉴或日常对话中都比较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words end in -ard and share the unstressed final /ɚd/ sound, but none rhymes with mallard /ˈmælɚd/ because the stressed syllable before -ard is different. Note that mallard’s first vowel is /æ/, not the /ɔː/ of mall /mɔːl/.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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