nightjar

英式音标：[ˈnaɪtdʒɑ:(r)]播放读音

美式音标：[ˈnaɪtˌdʒɑr]播放读音

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概况：

n. 欧夜鹰；蚊母鹰

词义：

n.

欧夜鹰，蚊母鹰；

英英释义

nightjar[ 'naitdʒɑ: ]

n.mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects

同义词：goatsuckercaprimulgid

用法：

权威例句

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Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel

Gier99's Geocities Pad

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Ecology of the small Indian mongoose in a coastal dry forest of Puerto Rico where sympatric with the Puerto Rican nightjar

What effects do walkers and dogs have on the distribution and productivity of breeding European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus ?

Responses to Temperature by the Spotted Nightjar (Eurostopodus guttatus)

Torpor in an African Caprimulgid, the Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma

英语词源：

nightjar (n.)

nocturnal bird, goatsucker, 1620s, from night + jar (v.). So called for the "jarring" sounds made by the male when the female is brooding, which have been described as a "churring trill that seems to change direction as it rises and falls." An Old English word for it was nihthræfn "night raven."

造句：

1. He enjoyed the play's shrewd and pungent social analysis.

他喜欢剧中尖锐机敏、一针见血的社会分析。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The taste is bitter and disagreeably pungent.

味道既苦又辣得呛鼻。

来自柯林斯例句

3. the pungent smell of burning rubber

烧橡胶的刺鼻气味

来自《权威词典》

4. The pungent, choking smell of sulphur filled the air.

空气中弥漫着刺鼻呛人的硫磺气味.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. This is the pungent and original argument.

这就是那尖锐而有独到之处的论点.

来自《简明英汉词典》

[ pungent 造句 ]