woodpeckers

英 [ˈwʊdˌpɛkəz]

美 [ˈwʊdˌpɛkərz]

n.  啄木鸟
woodpecker的复数

柯林斯词典

• 啄木鸟
  Awoodpeckeris a type of bird with a long sharp beak. Woodpeckers use their beaks to make holes in tree trunks.

双语例句

• Any of six species of New World woodpeckers ( genus Colaptes) noted for spending much time on the ground eating ants.
  啄木鸟科扑动鴷属六种新大陆鸟。大部分时间消磨在觅食地上的蚂蚁。
• Why woodpeckers don't get headaches?
  为何啄木鸟不会头痛？
• Leaves rustled lightly in the wind and woodpeckers tapped at tree trunks. At the same time, Hill says, he heard a "double knock"-the unusual pecking sound that distinguishes the ivory-bill from other types of woodpeckers.
  风在林间吹过，叶子微微作着声响。岭上啄木鸟在波波地敲着树子。就在同时，希尔听到了象牙喙区别于其它啄木鸟的独特的“双击”声。
• We know how easily these splendid woodpeckers hop around tree trunks to stay out of sight.
  我们都知道这些美丽的啄木鸟能够在树干之间轻松地跳来跳去躲开人的视线。
• They included rewards for boffins who had researched into why woodpeckers don't get headaches from all that tapping, and whether dung beetles really enjoy their diet of faeces.
  其中包括奖励研究啄木鸟为什么不头疼、龟子是否真正享受大粪的科学家们。
• The Niches and Competitions of Three Kinds of Woodpeckers The Story of Golden& Black
  三种啄木鸟的生态位和竞争金与黑三札
• Woodpeckers inhabit hollow trees.
  啄木鸟栖息在中空的树中。
• Any of various large North American woodpeckers of the genus colaptes, especially c.auratus, the common flicker, having a brown back, spotted breast, and white rump.
  扑动北美洲多种大的扑动属啄木鸟中的一种，尤指扑动，通常长着褐色的背部、带斑点的胸部和白色的尾部。
• But altruism does not exist only in humans: it has been observed in woodpeckers, leafcutter ants and vampire bats.
  但利他行为并不是人类的专利，啄木鸟、切叶蚁和吸血蝙蝠都有利他行为。
• Downy woodpeckers can use the gleaned information while foraging in order to maximize their food-intaking rate.
  绒斑啄木鸟在觅食时可利用它们所收集的信息使其食物摄取率达到最大。