catbird

英 ['kætbɜːd] 美 ['kætˌbɜːd]

• n. 猫声鸟

英英释义

Noun:

1. any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females

2. North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Even from the first, the words went wrong, the catbird pecked away the nightingale.
   一开始字里行间就漏洞百出，猫声鸟居然把夜莺啄得铩羽而归。

词汇搭配

• catbird seat <美方>有权力的职...
• in the catbird seat 处于非常有利的位置...

近反义词

【近义词】

• bowerbird 园丁鸟，造园鸟（澳洲产的...
• Dumetella carolinensis 灰猫嘲鸫(嘲鸫科)...