covey

英 ['kʌvɪ] 美 ['kʌvɪ]

• n. 群；一群(鹧鸪)；一队

英英释义

Noun:

1. a small collection of people

2. a small flock of grouse or partridge

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. My clumsiness flushed a covey of doves from their nest.
   我笨拙的动作惊飞了一群窝里的鸽子。
2. The early silence was broken only by the calls of a covey of quail crossing the lawn.
   只有草坪上飘来的几声鹌鹑的啼鸣打破清晨的寂静。
3. Outside the brush house in the tuna clump, a covey of little birds chattered and flurried with their wings.
   在茅屋外面的霸王树丛中，一群小鸟一面嘁嘁喳喳地叫着，一面拍打着翅膀。

经典引文

• Coveys of nursemaids pushed perambulators.

  出自： V. Woolf

近反义词

【近义词】

• nest 巢