| 单词 | tern |
| 释义 | tern noun[C] uk/tɜːn/us/tɝːn/asmallblackandwhiteseabirdwithlong,pointedwingsand adividedtail 燕鸥 Louise Heusinkveld/Oxford Scientific/GettyImages Birds found by or on the sea
Examplesofterntern For theternchick, anything that behaved sufficiently like its parent was "recognized" as its parent, even if it wasn't. From theCambridge English Corpus Tree-nesting species (lesser noddies, white terns and a few brown noddies) form the bulk of the seabird population, and most nest on the forested plateau. From theCambridge English Corpus Obviously, theternchicks in the experiment were not recognizing their individual parents - they were being fooled into treating a loudspeaker as a parent tern. From theCambridge English Corpus These seeds were attached to feathers of terns and noddies and between the daily immersions, they were hung to dry in a shaded, wellventilated site. From theCambridge English Corpus Pateman argues from a feminist perspective that by defining citizenship in terns of participation in the market place democracy is compromised. From theCambridge English Corpus We are in no better position than theternchicks, as both human and non-human animals, and we are at the mercy of our senses for reidentifying particulars. From theCambridge English Corpus Hurford concludes from this thatternchicks have no mental representation of their parents as individuals. From theCambridge English Corpus Theternchicks were responding to very finely-grained properties of the auditory signal, and apparently neglecting even the most obvious of visual properties discernible in the situation. From theCambridge English Corpus The same is true of the petrels, the skuas, the terns, and many of their eggs make quite delicious eating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We must be careful that the terns are not forgotten. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At the end ofternshe conducted the leavers' service in front of a full church congregation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Legal aid is not to be removed protern. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no illusions about the border controls systernbeing perfect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Approximately seven years ago, the warden informed me of the destruction of a substantial number of terns' eggs by an animal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, different groups use the terns rather loosely to mean different things. 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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