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Meaning of 莺

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莺 (Trad.: 鶯)
Pinyin: yīng
English Definition: oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
Chinese Definition:
①(黄莺)即“黄鹂”。
②(夜莺)文学上指“歌鸲鸟类的一科,身体小,褐色或暗绿色,嘴短而尖,叫的声音清脆,吃昆虫,是益鸟:莺歌燕舞。”一类叫声清脆婉转的鸟。
Total strokes: 13; Radical: 艸
Ideographic:A bird 鸟 covered in 冖 green 艹 feathers
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Example Words
夜莺 yè yīng nightingale
黄莺 huáng yīng black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
莺歌燕舞 yīng gē yàn wǔ the warbler sings and the swallow dances; prosperity abounds (idiom)
莺歌镇 yīng gē zhèn Yingge or Yingko town in New Taipei City 新北市 , Taiwan
柳莺 liǔ yīng willow warbler; leaf warbler
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Example Sentences
1
一只苇莺正在喂养小杜鹃
。
A reed warbler feeds a baby cuckoo.
2
像麻雀
,
画眉
,
莺等专门吃昆虫的鸟类突然进化成吃水果
。
You havethese birds -- sparrows, thrushes, warblers and such -- that haveevolved very specialized beaks for eating insects suddenly switching tofruits.
3
对于白喉莺这种普通的农田鸟来说这是个坏消息
。
需要多飞的距离是个相当大的威胁
。
This is bad news for birds like the Whitethroat, a common farmland bird. The added distance is a considerable threat.
4
进入生物学家们视野的这种鸟名叫黑头莺
,
欧洲常见的一种鸣鸟
。
The birds in this study were Central European blackcaps, a common kind of warbler.
5
研究称
,
少数鸟类如黑顶莺等已经开始适应在英国过冬
,
但这种情况还只是少数
。
A few -- such as the Blackcap -- have started to adapt by spending winters in Britain, but such behaviour remains exceptional, the study said.