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
- Tell the princess canaries are too small.
告诉公主说金丝雀太小了。 - There are several "canaries in the coalmine" that are also suffering.
其它一些预警信号也表现糟糕。 - 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？ - 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。 - So vocal are they that they are sometimes called sea canaries.
这声音予它们海洋金丝雀之称。 - Canaries are said to have been used to detect gas in coal mines in the early stages of coal mining.
在煤矿开采的早期，人们已用金丝雀来检测瓦斯。 - In the seventh place, there are peacocks and parrots and skylarks and canaries singing inimitable songs, and there is nothing better than that.
第七，这里有孔雀、鹦鹉、云雀和金丝雀唱着不可摹拟的歌儿：宇宙间真没有一样东西比此更好。 - For example, airlines never ship leopards and canaries on the same flight.
例如，飞机上从来不会同时运送豹和金丝雀。 - As canaries in coal mines go, mining shares tend to be reliable harbingers of a sell-off in industrial commodities in a downturn.
在煤矿里用金丝雀来预警的时代已经过去，矿业股正成为经济下滑时工业用大宗商品是否会遭抛售的可靠预兆。 - 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！