Word
mockingbirds
嘲鸫
mockingbirds is the plural of mockingbird.
核心释义
a long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic the songs of other birds
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嘲鸫属和黑嘴嘲鸫属的各种长尾美洲鸣禽,以能模仿其他鸟类的叫声而著称。
Any of various long-tailed American songbirds of the genera Mimus and Melanotis, noted for their ability to mimic calls of other birds.
嘲鸫属和黑嘴嘲鸫属的各种长尾美洲鸣禽,以能模仿其他鸟类的叫声而著称。
用法In use
A mockingbird was singing outside my window all morning.
用法提示：mockingbird 是名词，指一种善于模仿其他鸟鸣的鸟。
We saw several mockingbirds in the park, and one copied a blue jay's call.
用法提示：复数形式 mockingbirds 表示多只嘲鸫。
The children tried to find the mockingbird that kept imitating their teacher's whistle.
用法提示：mockingbird 作宾语，指代会模仿声音的鸟。
a/the mockingbird + intransitive verb
嘲鸫是可数名词，单数作主语时前面通常用 a 或 the。
A mockingbird was singing in the tree.
一只嘲鸫在树上鸣叫。
mockingbirds + plural verb
复数形式 mockingbirds 可直接表示这一类鸟，不需要加冠词。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- northern mockingbird
- 北方嘲鸫
- The northern mockingbird is common in the southern United States.北方嘲鸫在美国南部很常见。
- mockingbird's song
- 嘲鸫的鸣唱
- Her voice was as sweet as a mockingbird's song.她的嗓音像嘲鸫的鸣唱一样甜美。
- hear a mockingbird
- 听见嘲鸫鸣叫
- We could hear a mockingbird from the back porch.我们能从后门廊听到嘲鸫的鸣叫。
- mockingbird nest
- 嘲鸫巢
- A mockingbird nest sat hidden in the rose bush.一个嘲鸫巢藏在玫瑰花丛中。
- mockingbird mimics
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆：mock是“模仿、嘲笑”，mockingbird就是爱模仿其他鸟叫的嘲鸫。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：自然观察、文学描写 这是一个常见的中性名词，在日常和书面表达中均可使用；多出现在自然观察、生物介绍或文学作品里，通常不带有正式或非正式的特殊限制。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes with the final syllable of 'mockingbird' (stressed vowel /əː/ plus /d/): bird, third, word, heard, absurd. Beware of 'shirt' /ʃəːt/ – it shares the 'ir' spelling but ends with /t/, so it is not a rhyme.
一起学习词形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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.