canaries
英 [kəˈneəriz]
美 [kəˈnɛriz]
n. 金丝雀
canary的复数
柯林斯词典
- 金丝雀
Canariesare small yellow birds which sing beautifully and are often kept as pets.
英英释义
noun
- a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces
双语例句
- As my friend's experience shows, children are kind of like little litmus strips, the canaries in the coal mine of marital stress: they absorb the emotional climate around them.
正如我那位朋友的经历所显示的那样，如果说婚姻像个煤矿，那孩子们就有点像预报瓦斯浓度的金丝雀：他们会吸收周围的情绪气氛。 - As I had been one Voyage to this Coast before, I knew very well that the Islands of the Canaries, and the Cape de Verd Islands also, lay not far off from the Coast.
在那一带，我们始终没有发现人类的足迹。过去我曾到这一带的海岸来过一次，知道加那利群岛和佛得角群岛离大陆海岸不远。 - At that time it was not very easy to import canaries from foreign countries, because of logistic and economic difficulties.
那个时候从国外进口金丝雀不是很容易的事，因为逻辑上和经济上的困难。 - Once I start eating canaries, I just can't stop!
一旦我开始吃金丝雀，我就停不下来！ - But it's exactly what is required for polar bears, ring seals, and the snowy-white beluga whales& the highly vocal canaries of the sea.
而那正是北极熊、环纹海豹和海洋高音金丝雀&雪白的白鲸所需求的。 - Bill: What a beautiful pair of canaries! How long have you had them?
比尔：这对金丝雀真美丽！你养了多久？ - There are several "canaries in the coalmine" that are also suffering.
其它一些预警信号也表现糟糕。 - I gotta start eating leaner canaries.
我要开始吃瘦点的金丝雀了。 - Canaries were formerly used in coal mines for this reason.
为此原因，露天煤矿以前经常使用金丝雀。 - Elderly men gather in public gardens with their canaries to discuss the news of the day.
老年人聚在公园里，高声讨论当日的新闻。