| 单词 | grebe |
| 释义 | grebe noun[C] uk/ɡriːb/us/ɡriːb/any of afamilyofgreyorbrownwaterbirdsthatswimon or undersurfaceof thewater 鸊鷉 Hannu Hautala/Nordic Photos/GettyImages Birds which live by or on inland water
Examplesofgrebegrebe Most entries are accompanied by excellent photographs, and each section (divers and grebes, geese, raptors, etc) has a colour plate representing each nominate race. From theCambridge English Corpus Thegrebepopulation increased rapidly to 5 or so breeding pairs in the 1970s, rising to 7 or 8 pairs in some years. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, the phalaropes are included but the grebes (some of which spend a substantial part of the year at sea) are excluded. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, at the start of each cycle there was a dense population of stunted roach, low numbers of rudd and a largegrebepopulation. From theCambridge English Corpus The most likely explanation is that transmission of each species became at best difficult and at worst impossible at such low densities of both perch and grebes. From theCambridge English Corpus One of those cases was the case of 130,000grebeskins which were brought in a few years ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think one was thegrebeand the other the case of feathers being brought here in a portmanteau. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We used to have regular visits from great crestedgrebeon my farm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think the case quoted about thegrebeproves just the opposite. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These include cormorants, grebes and potentially will include migrants which arrive in due course. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Was it not in 1924 that thegrebecase was taken? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirdly, the site must have a total of more than 10,000 waterfowl, not including coots and grebes, regardless of the species regularly present. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are also significant wintering populations of several bird species, including red-breasted mergansers—a new one to me—and great crested grebes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The bittern and the great crestedgrebehave been great rarities in my lifetime, but now are not at all uncommon in parts of the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I can put up with grebes, of both kinds, with kingfishers of course, and with all the lovely things, but the cormorant to me is not a lovely thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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