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
- There are several "canaries in the coalmine" that are also suffering.
其它一些预警信号也表现糟糕。 - 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！ - 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。 - The cellular detox failure this deficiency causes can make these patients canaries to their environment.
细胞排毒没有这方面的不足的原因可以使这些患者的金丝雀他们的环境。 - 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。 - 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。 - In the early days of underground coal mining, pit canaries often had short but valuable lives.
早期地下采煤的时候，矿井中的金丝雀常常拥有短暂而有价值的一生。 - Some cats like to catch small birds, like canaries.
有些猫喜欢抓小鸟，比如金丝雀。 - For centuries, sailors have called belugas "sea canaries," for their musical squeaks and chirps.
几世纪以来，水手们一直称白鲸为“海上金丝雀”，因为它们的叫声悦耳动听。 - Canaries no longer in coal mines for a reason.
煤矿里不再有金丝雀了，这是有原因的。