canary
英 [kəˈneəri]
美 [kəˈneri]
n. 金丝雀
复数:canaries
Collins.1 / BNC.12048 / COCA.19242
柯林斯词典
- 金丝雀
Canariesare small yellow birds which sing beautifully and are often kept as pets.
英英释义
noun
- any of several small Old World finches
- a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
- a female singer
- someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
adj
- having the color of a canary
双语例句
- A sweet white wine from the Canary islands, similar to madeira.
产于加那利群岛的一种甜白葡萄酒,类似马德拉白葡萄酒。 - Who gave you the yellow canary, Miss Parker?
是谁把黄色金丝雀交给你的,帕克小姐? - I saw him walk out of the boss's office like the cat that just ate the canary.
我刚看到他从老板的办公室出来,开心极了。 - Your software project might have its own kind of pit canary.
您的软件项目也可以有自己的矿井金丝雀。 - He gently rattled the cage and whispered to the canary
他轻轻晃动着鸟笼,和金丝雀轻声低语着。 - Greece is the canary in the mine.
希腊是矿井中的金丝雀。 - Low-growing much-branched perennial of Canary Islands having orange-red to scarlet or purple flowers; naturalized in United States.
加那利群岛的一种矮生、多分枝的多年生植物,有桔红色、鲜红色或紫色的花;在美国已归化。 - He appeared at a Westminster court dressed in a canary yellow sweatshirt and white tracksuit trousers.
昨日,他身穿淡黄色运动衫和白色运动裤,在伦敦威斯敏斯特区(Westminster)一家法院出庭。 - There is, for instance, no trace of the Canary Islands, which had been colonised in 1402.
例如,地图上丝毫没有加那利群岛的影子,尽管该群岛早在1402年就已是欧洲殖民地。 - You look like the cat that swallowed the canary, is what.
你看起来像是猫抓到金丝雀般的兴奋。