Word · Frequency #18790
Pelican
鹈鹕
pelican
- 1.
Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.
鹈鹕科的各种海鸟,具有长喙和可扩张的喉囊。
- 2.
large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish
鹈鹕
- 3.
A native or resident of the American state of Louisiana.
美国路易斯安那州的原住民或居民。
- 4.
A set of forceps used to force overcrowded teeth apart.
用于将过度拥挤的牙齿分开的一组镊子。
鹈鹕科的各种海鸟,具有长喙和可扩张的喉囊。；美国路易斯安那州的原住民或居民。；用于将过度拥挤的牙齿分开的一组镊子。；鹈鹕鸟；伽蓝鸟
In use
At the zoo, a pelican sat by the pond and cleaned its feathers.
The fisherman watched a pelican dive into the water to catch a fish.
Pelicans often fly low over the waves in large groups.
a pelican
用于首次提及或泛指单只鹈鹕；若后文再次提到，通常改用 the。
A pelican often rests on the water after fishing.
鹈鹕捕鱼后常常在水面上休息。
pelicans
复数形式表示多个个体或泛指整个群体，无需加冠词。
Pelicans are easy to recognize by their long bills.
鹈鹕很容易通过它们的长喙辨认出来。
the pelican
定冠词可特指上下文已确定的鹈鹕，也可在科普性说明中代表整个物种。
Connections
Collocations
- pelican's bill
- 鹈鹕的喙
- A pelican's bill has a pouch that can hold fish.鹈鹕的喙上有一个可以装鱼的喉囊。
- brown pelican
- 褐鹈鹕
- The brown pelican is often seen along the coast.沿海地区经常能看到褐鹈鹕。
- Dalmatian pelican
- 卷羽鹈鹕
- The Dalmatian pelican is one of the heaviest pelican species.卷羽鹈鹕是最重的鹈鹕物种之一。
- a flock of pelicans
- 一群鹈鹕
- A flock of pelicans flew low over the water.一群鹈鹕贴着水面低飞而过。
- breeding colony of pelicans
- 鹈鹕繁殖群
- Scientists counted every bird in the breeding colony of pelicans.科学家清点了这群繁殖鹈鹕的每一只鸟。
- pelican sanctuary
Learner notes
Memory Tip
pelican（鹈鹕）的大嘴下挂着皮囊，像随身带了个捞鱼袋；记住 p 开头的 pouch（袋）就是它的标志。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交谈、自然纪录片、鸟类观察、动物园介绍 “pelican”是鹈鹕的常用中性词，在日常交谈、科普介绍和书面描述中都比较常见；正式场合和随意场合都能使用，没有明显的语域限制。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All of the -ican words here end in the same unstressed /ɪkən/ as pelican, but none is a true rhyme because the stressed vowel or the consonant after it differs. Pellet and pelvis share pelican's opening /ˈpɛl/ but have different endings. There is no common word that rhymes exactly with /ˈpɛləkən/.
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.