auk

[美國]/ɔːk/
[英國]/ɔk/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 北極海鳥 一種海雀。
詞形
複數auks

短語搭配

Black auk

黑海鸚鵡

Thick-billed auk

厚嘴海雀

Great auk

巨海雀

例句

in spring those cliffs are alive with auks and gulls.

春天,這些懸崖上擠滿了海鴉和海鷗。

原聲例句

Stuff as many little auks inside it as you can.

往裏面塞儘可能多的海雀。

來源: Human Planet

She also included two extinct birds: the Dodo and the Great auk.

渡渡鳥和大海雀。

來源: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American February 2022 Collection

However, evidence suggests that the auk was an excellent swimmer and diver.

然而,有證據表明海雀是出色的游泳運動員和潛水員。

來源: Collection of 93 Old TOEFL Listening Passages

This stuffed animal is not the giant penguin it appears to be, but an auk.

這個毛絨玩具不是它看起來的巨型企鵝,而是一隻大海雀。

來源: Collection of 93 Old TOEFL Listening Passages

Of course, we believe it's important to take extra precautions to preserve the remaining great auk skins.

當然,我們認爲採取額外的預防措施來保護剩餘的大海雀皮很重要。

來源: Collection of 93 Old TOEFL Listening Passages

The great auk, as you can see, was a rather large bird, and it couldn't fly either.

如您所見,大海雀是一種相當大的鳥,它也不會飛。

來源: Collection of 93 Old TOEFL Listening Passages

The only unusual object I picked up was an auk's egg of remarkable size, for which a collector would have paid more than 1,000 francs.

我沒有得到什麼新奇的東西,就是拾得一個海梟的蛋,蛋特別大,一個珍奇收藏家可能出一千多法郎來收買。

來源: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

In fact, records indicate that the auk was rather tasty and that its eggs --- Excuse me...that its eggs and feathers were useful as well.

事實上,記錄表明海雀非常好喫,而且它的蛋——對不起… … 它的蛋和羽毛也很有用。

來源: Collection of 93 Old TOEFL Listening Passages

This particular kind of auk is very rare --- only 78 skins are known to exist and most are not preserved as well as this one.

這種特殊的海雀非常罕見——已知僅存在 78 種皮,而且大多數都沒有像這隻海雀那樣保存完好。

來源: Collection of 93 Old TOEFL Listening Passages

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