pelican是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)pelican crossing自控人行横道

(2)brown pelican褐鹈鹕

双语例句

(1)Pelicans are large waterbirds distributed on all continents except Antarctica.

鹈鹕是分布在除南极以外所有大陆的大型水鸟。

(2)The area's pelican population has rapidly decreased by overfishing.

该地区的塘鹅数量因过度捕杀而迅速减少。

(3)We are doing everything we can to create a good living environment for pelicans.

我们正竭尽全力为鹈鹕创造一个良好的生存环境。

(4)Blum flipped past an evocative sandstone carving of a child and a pelican, then admired a griffin plaque.

勃鲁姆翻过一块令人心驰神往的砂岩，上面雕刻着一个孩子和一只鹈鹕，然后欣赏着一块狮鹫饰板。

(5)The thatched-roof Pelican Bar, planted on a sandbar, serves passing boaters and tourists on Treasure Beach.

建在沙洲上的茅草屋顶的鹈鹕酒吧，位于牙买加欠发达的南部海岸上一个低调的渔村——宝藏海滩。

(6)When they get a tern or pelican to drop a fish, they plunge down and grab it off the surface of the water, which may have been how this bird got oiled.

当他们让一只燕鸥或鹈鹕扔下一条鱼时，他们会一头栽到水里，然后把鱼从水面抓起来，这可能就是这只鸟被油弄脏的原因。

(7)A variety of seabirds and shorebirds inhabit the islands, including the endangered brown pelican, least tern, and piping plover.

岛上栖息着各种各样的海鸟和滨鸟，包括濒危的褐鹈鹕、最小燕鸥和笛鸻。

(8)Please explain the use of the pelican hook.

请说明鹈鹕钩的用法。

释义

n.

a large gregarious waterbird with a long bill, an extensible throat pouch for scooping up fish, and mainly white or grey plumage

鹈鹕，塘鹅，淘河鸟。

a heraldic or artistic representation of a pelican, typically depicted pecking its own breast as a symbol of Christ

鹈鹕饰，塘鹅饰（鹈鹕在纹章或艺术中的再现，作为基督的象征，代表性的图案是它自己在啄自己的胸部）。[ORIGIN: from an ancient legend that the pelican fed its young on its own blood.]

词源

"late Old English pellicane, via late Latin from Greek pelekan, probably based on pelekus ‘axe' （with reference to its bill）."

(1)Oh, no! It must be back on Pelican Island.

不！它一定还在鹈鹕岛上！《The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water》《海绵宝宝历险记：海绵出水》