shrike
shrike
noun
noun
- a songbird with a strong sharply hooked bill, often impaling its prey of small birds, lizards, and insects on thorns
伯劳。 亦称butcher-bird - Family Laniidae: several genera and numerous species, especially in Africa, e.g. the great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor), of both Eurasia and North America
伯劳科： 数属，多种，尤指非洲的灰伯劳（拉丁名Lanius excubitor）以及欧亚大陆和北美的种类
■used in names of similar birds of other families, e.g. cuckoo-shrike, pepper-shrike
［用于其他科类似鸟的名称中，如cuckoo-shrike, pepper-shrike]
- mid 16th cent.: perhaps related to Old English scrīc 'thrush' and Middle Low German schrīk 'corncrake', of imitative origin
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- obpyramidal adj.倒金字塔形的
- obpyriform adj.倒梨形的
- obreption n.（礼物等的）骗取
- obscene adj.淫秽的,下流的,猥亵的,可憎的
- obscenity n.淫秽,猥亵,下流,淫秽的词语或行为
- obscurant n.愚民政策，蒙昧主义
- obscurantic adj.蒙昧主义的
- obscurantism n.蒙昧主义，反开化论，文盲政策,愚民政策
- obscurantist n.反启蒙主义者 adj.反启蒙主义者的
- obscuration n.昏暗，暗淡，朦胧
- obscure adj.昏暗的，朦胧的,晦涩的，不清楚的,隐蔽的,不著名的，无名的 vt.使…模糊不清，掩盖,隐藏,使难理解 n.某种模糊的或不清楚的东西
- obscurity n.朦胧,晦涩,默默无闻,费解
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