| 单词 | curlew |
| 释义 | curlew noun[C] uk/ˈkɜː.ljuː/us/ˈkɝː.ljuː/alarge, brownish-colouredbirdwithlonglegsand a verylong,curvedbeak, usuallyfoundnearwater （通常生活在水边的）鹬 BrianLasenby/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Birds found by or on the sea
Examplesofcurlewcurlew Innumerable boulders, relics of the glacial period encumbered the track, the only sound we heard was the croak of thecurlewthe whistle of the golden plover. From theCambridge English Corpus On the hills, most ground-nesting birds, such ascurlew, plover, merlin or hen harriers, would be wiped out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thecurlewis another bird classed as a food bird. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to enter a plea for those birds, and also for thecurlew. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some birds are particularly attractive to watch as well as to listen to and thecurlewfalls into that class. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The great mass of birds do not come into either schedule, and we say that thecurlewshould be one of them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thecurlew, a charming bird, is a wader and inedible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I should have thought that the needs of thecurlewwere slightly different from the needs of humans. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was in private ownership and it was going derelict, keeping nothing but an oddcurlewor two. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am in agreement with their action in respect of thecurlew. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Any of us who have heard the call of thecurlewin a marsh can hardly think of anything more beautiful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But there is no necessity to confuse thecurlewwith the whimbrel or the redshank with the spotted redshank. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are easily confused with thecurlew, unless sitting beside them on the shoreline. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But, once again, we shall carefully monitor the course of thecurlew. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The committee noted that the outlook for the dunlin, redshank andcurlewis not, in its words, "reassuring". 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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