shrike

英 [ʃraɪk] 美 [ʃraɪk]
  • n. 伯劳鸟;百舌鸟

英文词源


shrike (n.)
1540s, apparently from a survival of Old English scric "a shrike or thrush," literally "bird with a shrill call," probably echoic of its cry and related to shriek (compare Old Norse skrikja "shrieker, shrike," German schrik "moor hen," Swedish skrika "jay").

双语例句


1. His grandfather keeps a shrike.
他爷爷养了一只伯劳.

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