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sandpiper
鹬
a small wading bird with a slender bill and a piping call, related to plovers
- 1.
Any of various small waders of the family Scolopacidae.
鹬科的各种小型涉禽之一。
- 2.
any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
多种通常体型较小的涉水鸟,具有细长的喙和鸣叫声；与鸻鸟密切相关
鹬科的各种小型涉禽之一。；多种通常体型较小的涉水鸟,具有细长的喙和鸣叫声；与鸻鸟密切相关
In use
On our walk along the shore, we saw a sandpiper running after the waves.
Sandpipers use their long, thin bills to find insects in the wet sand.
A sandpiper darted away as I came closer to the tide pool.
a sandpiper
用于首次提到的单只鹬。
A sandpiper was searching for food in the sand.
一只鹬正在沙子里寻找食物。
sandpipers
复数形式，可表示多只或泛指这类鸟。
Sandpipers are often seen along the coast.
沿海地区经常能看到鹬。
the sandpiper
定冠词加单数可指整个物种。
The sandpiper has a long, thin bill.
Connections
Collocations
- sandpiper species
- 鹬的种类
- Many sandpiper species breed in the Arctic tundra.许多种鹬在北极苔原繁殖。
- a flock of sandpipers
- 一群鹬
- A flock of sandpipers landed on the mudflat.一群鹬落在泥滩上。
- sandpiper migration
- 鹬的迁徙
- Sandpiper migration peaks in September along the coast.沿海地区鹬的迁徙在九月达到高峰。
- juvenile sandpiper
- 幼鹬
- A juvenile sandpiper was searching for insects in the wet sand.一只幼鹬在湿沙中寻找昆虫。
Synonyms
- wader
- 涉禽；常在浅水或沼泽中涉水觅食的长腿鸟类 · wader 是比 sandpiper 更宽泛的统称，除鹬外还可指鸻、鹭等；具体名称不明确时可用，若需精确指代鹬类，应使用 sandpiper。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记法：sand(沙)+piper(吹哨者)，想象沙滩上一只边走边发出哨音般叫声的小鸟——鹬。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：birdwatching、nature writing、science classes “sandpiper” 是常见鸟类名称，多用自然、中立的语气，通常出现在观鸟、自然写作或科普语境；日常对话中提到这种鸟也很自然，不需要特意调整为更正式或更随意的说法。
Grammar Note
鹬
Pronunciation & Spelling
重音在第一个音节 sand 上，读 /sænd/，与 sand、sandal、sandbox 开头的 sand 部分相同；结尾 -piper 与 piper、viper、wiper 拼写相似，也有 /aɪpə/ 的结尾，但注意在 sandpiper 中重音不在 -piper 上，所以这些词并不和整个单词押韵。
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.