| 单词 | rookery |
| 释义 | rookery noun[C] uk/ˈrʊk.ər.i/us/ˈrʊk.ɚ.i/severalrooks'nests, high up in thebranchesof agroupoftrees （在树木高处筑成的连成一片的）秃鼻乌鸦巢群 OlgaKorica/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Animal dwellings - natural
Examplesofrookeryrookery Tourist landings at penguin rookeries have become increasingly popular and operators typically offer several landings on a single voyage. From theCambridge English Corpus The recently increased numbers of visitors to concentrations of wildlife, and to penguin rookeries in particular, have heightened concern over this issue. From theCambridge English Corpus However, it is still not known how important wind blown nutrients from heavily manured localties such as penguin rookeries and seal wallows are for the inland vegetation. From theCambridge English Corpus It is not always rookeries that are concerned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those very areas have most wildlife, such as penguin rookeries, sea bird colonies and seal breeding areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They gradually dwindle down by way of boarding-houses, lodgings, and single rooms let off, and ultimately become slums and rookeries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Therookerywhich existed there has been demolished. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For thinning out rookeries, however, a semi-automatic 22 ought perhaps to be allowed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They got rid of a very well-knownrookery, and they did not care twopence what happened to the people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 How can you expect some people to feel patriotic about the rookeries in which they have to live? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nor is there any doubt that farmers in the neighbourhood of large rookeries find it profitless to sow grain crops and are discouraged from maintaining the tillage area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Arookerywas established at the estate by tying small bundles of sticks in the forksw of the trees upper branches. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The context revealed a vastrookeryof excavated nest structures that can be compared to living egg-layers such as turtles, crocodilians and birds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Nearly 95% of seabirds are colonial, leading to the usage, seabird colony, sometimes called arookery. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The area is hills that are mostly forested as well as a great blue heronrookery. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.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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