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
- Tommy: I cleaned the bird cage and the canary disappeared.
汤米：我清洁了鸟笼子，金丝雀不见了？ - Greece is the canary in the mine.
希腊是矿井中的金丝雀。 - 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。 - I don't know how it happened genetically, but that baby canary was bright orange.
我并不清楚遗传的方式，但这只小金丝雀却是明亮的橙黄色。 - Canary Wharf was set to provide 10 million square feet of office space
金丝雀码头计划要提供1,000万平方英尺的办公面积。 - Surf spreads a foamy swath over a black beach in Gomera in Spain's Canary Islands.
在西班牙加那利群岛上的戈梅拉，海浪在黑色的海滩上卷起层层的泡沫。 - 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。 - 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。 - He said he would try to write or call as soon as he reached the Canary Islands
他说他一到加那利群岛就会设法写信或者打电话来。 - The day my canary flew away I cried.
金丝雀飞跑的那一天我哭了。