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a creature that is covered with feathers and has two wings and two legs. Most birds can fly. 鸟；禽 
a bird’s nest with two eggs in it 内有两只鸟蛋的鸟窝 a species of bird 一种鸟 A small bird flew down. 一只小鸟飞了下来。 The birds migrate in September. 这些鸟 9 月迁徙。 Birds were singing in the trees. 鸟儿在树上歌唱。 The area has a wealth of bird life. 这个地区栖息着大量的鸟。 More than a third of Britain's bird species need urgent protection. 超过三分之一的英国鸟类急需保护。
Collocations The living worldsee also game bird, seabird, songbird, waterbirdTopics Birdsa1The living world 生物界 Animals 动物 - animals mate/breed/reproduce/feed (on something)
动物交配／繁育／繁殖／以…为食 - fish/amphibians swim/spawn (= lay eggs)
鱼／两栖动物游动／产卵 - birds fly/migrate/nest/sing
鸟飞翔／迁徙／筑巢／啼叫 - insects crawl/fly/bite/sting
昆虫爬／飞／咬／叮 - insects/bees/locusts swarm
昆虫／蜜蜂／蝗虫成群地飞来飞去 - bees collect/gather nectar/pollen
蜜蜂采蜜／花粉 - spiders spin/weave a web
蜘蛛结网／织网 - snakes/lizards shed their skins
蛇／蜥蜴蜕皮 - bears/hedgehogs/frogs hibernate
熊／刺猬／青蛙冬眠 - insect larvae grow/develop/pupate
昆虫的幼虫生长／发育／化蛹 - an egg/a chick/a larva hatches
卵孵化；小鸡出壳；幼虫孵出 - attract/find/choose a mate
吸引／找到／选择配偶 - produce/release eggs/sperm
产卵；排卵；产生／释放精子 - lay/fertilize/incubate/hatch eggs
产卵；使卵受精；孵卵 - inhabit a forest/a reef/the coast
栖居于森林／礁石／海岸 - mark/enter/defend (a) territory
标出／进入／保卫领地 - stalk/hunt/capture/catch/kill prey
悄悄接近／猎杀／捕获／杀死猎物
Plants and fungi 植物和真菌 - trees/plants grow/bloom/blossom/flower
树木／植物生长／开花 - a seed germinates/sprouts
种子发芽 - leaves/buds/roots/shoots appear/develop/form
叶子／花蕾／根茎／幼苗长出来／长大／成形 - flower buds swell/open
花蕾含苞欲放／绽放 - a fungus grows/spreads/colonizes something
菌类生长／扩散／长满… - pollinate/fertilize a flower/plant
给花／植物授粉 - produce/release/spread/disperse pollen/seeds/spores
长出／传播花粉／种子／孢子 - produce/bear fruit
结果 - develop/grow/form roots/shoots/leaves
长出根茎／嫩芽／叶子 - provide/supply/absorb/extract/release nutrients
提供／吸收／提取／释放营养物 - perform/increase/reduce photosynthesis
进行／增加／减少光合作用
Bacteria and viruses 细菌和病毒 - bacteria/microbes/viruses grow/spread/multiply
细菌／微生物／病毒生长／扩散／繁殖 - bacteria/microbes live/thrive in/on something
细菌／微生物在…中存活／大量生长 - bacteria/microbes/viruses evolve/colonize something/cause disease
细菌／微生物／病毒进化／长满…／引发疾病 - bacteria break something down/convert something (into something)
细菌（将某物）分解／转化（成某物） - a virus enters/invades something/the body
病毒进入／侵入某物／身体 - a virus mutates/evolves/replicates (itself)
病毒变异／演化／（自我）复制 - be infected with/contaminated with/exposed to a new strain of a virus/drug-resistant bacteria
感染上／接触到一种新病毒／抗药性细菌 - contain/carry/harbour bacteria/a virus
带有细菌／病毒 - kill/destroy/eliminate harmful/deadly bacteria
杀灭有害的／致命的细菌
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- wild
- caged
- exotic
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- flock
- circle
- flit
- fly
- …
- species
- call
- song
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- a bird of passage
- a bird of prey
- a breed of bird
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- (British English, old-fashioned, slang, sometimes offensive)
a way of referring to a young woman 姑娘；妞 - (informal)
a person of a particular type, especially somebody who is strange or unusual in some way 某类人；（尤指）古怪的人，不寻常的人
Word OriginOld English brid ‘chick, fledgling’, of unknown origin.
Idioms
be (strictly) for the birds
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to not be important or practical 不重要；不实际
the bird has flown
the wanted person has escaped 要抓的人逃掉了
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
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it is better to keep something that you already have than to risk losing it by trying to get much more 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林（满足于现有的总比因过分追求而失去一切好）
the birds and the bees
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the basic facts about sex, especially as told to children （尤指跟儿童讲的）性的基本知识
a bird’s-eye view (of something)
a view of something from a high position looking down 鸟瞰；俯视 From the plane we had a bird's-eye view of Manhattan. 从飞机上我们可以鸟瞰曼哈顿。
birds of a feather (flock together)
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people of the same sort (are found together) 同类的人（聚在一起）；物以类聚
the early bird catches the worm
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the person who takes the opportunity to do something before other people will have an advantage over them 捷足先登；捷足先得
give somebody/get the bird (informal)
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to shout at somebody to show that you do not like or approve of them; to be shouted at （被）喝倒彩 - (North American English)
to make a rude sign at somebody with your middle finger; to have this sign made at you 向某人竖起中指（表示侮辱）；受到竖中指的侮辱
kill two birds with one stone
to achieve two things at the same time with one action 一石二鸟；一箭双雕；一举两得
a little bird told me
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used to say that somebody told you something but you do not want to say who it was （不想说出是谁告诉的）有人告诉我的，不告诉你我是怎么知道的