catbird

英 [ˈkætbɜːd] 美 [ˈkætbɜːrd]

n.  〈美〉猫声鸟;猫鹊

COCA.35327



双语例句

  1. If he had not been hurt, his team would be sitting in the catbird seat.
    要是他没有受伤的话,他的球队会处于非常有利的地位。
  2. 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。
  3. Catbird, which has developed a cult following by women of all ages, opened in Brooklyn ten years ago.
    而猫鹊,已经缔造出了一种让各年龄段女性都趋之若鹜的流行文化。这家珠宝店于十年前在布鲁克林开业。
  4. Characterization and Features of the Language in "The Catbird Seat"
    《胜券在握》中的人物刻画及语言特色
  5. Joe enjoys sitting in the catbird seat.
    乔享受着他的有利地位。
  6. More than a catbird hates a cat.
    强烈如鸣禽厌恶猫。

英英释义

noun

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

      Synonym:    grey catbirdgray catbirdDumetella carolinensis

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

        Synonym:    bowerbird