auk
英 [ɔːk]
美[ɔk]
- n. [鸟] 海雀（北极海鸟的一种）
英英释义
- 1. black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas
考试真题
- As recently reported in The Auk: ornithological advances, some mother birds may teach their young to sing even before they hatch?
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实用场景例句
- The Great Auk is an extinct bird.
- 大海雀是种灭绝的鸟类.
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中文词源
auk 海雀
来自拟声词，鸟的叫声。
双语例句
- 1. The Great Auk is an extinct bird.
- 大海雀是种灭绝的鸟类.
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英文词源
- auk (n.)
- 1670s, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse alka, probably originally imitative of a water-bird cry (compare Latin olor "swan," Greek elea "marsh bird").
词态变化
复数: auks;