Word · Frequency #24508
woodpecker
啄木鸟
核心释义
a bird with strong claws, a stiff tail, and a hard, chisel-like bill that climbs trees and bores into wood to find insects
- 1.
啄木鸟科鸟类,喙尖硬,适合啄木。
Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.
- 2.
具有强爪和硬尾巴适合攀爬的鸟,嘴硬如凿子用于啄木觅虫
bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
啄木鸟科鸟类,喙尖硬,适合啄木。；具有强爪和硬尾巴适合攀爬的鸟,嘴硬如凿子用于啄木觅虫
用法In use
A woodpecker was tapping its beak against the old tree trunk.
用法提示：woodpecker 是名词，在这句话中指啄木鸟这种鸟。
We heard a woodpecker before we saw it in the branches.
用法提示：woodpecker 用作可数名词单数，表示啄木鸟。
Woodpeckers use their strong bills to find insects in the wood.
用法提示：woodpeckers 是复数形式，指啄木鸟这类鸟。
a woodpecker
woodpecker 是可数名词，单数形式前常用不定冠词 a，表示泛指或第一次提到。
A woodpecker was drilling into the tree.
一只啄木鸟在树上啄洞。
the woodpecker
定冠词 the 加单数名词可表示整个物种或类别。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- woodpecker drumming
- 啄木鸟的啄木声
- Woodpecker drumming can be heard throughout the forest in spring.春天，整个森林里都能听到啄木鸟的啄木声。
- woodpecker hole
- 啄木鸟啄出的洞
- The woodpecker hole in the maple tree was almost as big as my fist.枫树上那个啄木鸟啄出的洞差不多有我的拳头大。
- woodpecker nest
- 啄木鸟巢
- A woodpecker nest is usually excavated in a tree trunk.啄木鸟巢通常是在树干上凿出来的。
- woodpecker species
- 啄木鸟物种
- More than twenty woodpecker species have been recorded in this national park.这个国家公园里已记录到二十多种啄木鸟。
- downy woodpecker
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
木头是wood，啄是peck，啄木头的鸟就是woodpecker。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、自然科普、儿童读物 woodpecker 是普通日常用语，在口语和书面语中都很自然，没有明显的正式或俚语限制，通常可直接使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
woodpecker 由 wood + pecker 构成。woodchuck、woodland、wooden 都以 wood- 开头，读 /wʊd/，适合比较拼写和开头读音，但它们与 woodpecker 整词不押韵。checker、wrecker 词尾的 -ecker 读 /ɛkɚ/，与 woodpecker 的 -pecker 部分除开头辅音外相同，可作押韵参照。注意不要按拼写把 wood 读成 food（/fuːd/）。
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