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A canary is a small bird, most often bright yellow, that people keep at home for its song. It sings high and sweet, and it is a common pet in a cage.
A canarycanary這個字 is a small bird, most often bright yellow指一種小鳥，通常是鮮黃色的，that people keep at home for its song人們會因為牠的歌聲而養在家裡。It sings high and sweet牠的叫聲高亢又悅耳，and it is a common pet in a cage是常見養在籠子裡的寵物。
The bird is named after the Canary Islands, where it lived in the wild — though actually the islands were not named after the bird. The Romans called the biggest island “Dog Island” because of the dogs there (Latin canis, “dog”), and the bird took its English name from the place.
The bird is named after the Canary Islands這種鳥是以Canary Islands（加那利群島）命名的，where it lived in the wild牠原本就野生在那裡 — though actually the islands were not named after the bird不過其實這些島不是以這種鳥命名的。The Romans called the biggest island 'Dog Island'羅馬人把最大的那座島叫做「Dog Island（狗島）」 because of the dogs there (Latin canis, 'dog')因為那裡有狗（拉丁文canis，意思是「狗」），and the bird took its English name from the place而這種鳥的英文名字就是從這個地方來的。
People also stretch the word in one set phrase: a “canary in a coal mine” is an early warning that something is going wrong. Miners once took these birds underground; if the air turned bad, the bird suffered first. That is a saying, not a second kind of bird.
People also stretch the word in one set phrase大家也把這個字用在一個固定的說法裡：a 'canary in a coal mine'「canary in a coal mine（煤礦坑裡的金絲雀）」 is an early warning that something is going wrong指的是事情出問題前的早期警訊。Miners once took these birds underground礦工以前會把這種鳥帶到地底下；if the air turned bad, the bird suffered first如果空氣變壞，鳥會先受害。That is a saying, not a second kind of bird這只是一個說法，不是另一種鳥。
組成From French canarie, from Spanish canario, from the Latin name of the Canary Islands (Canariae insulae). The largest island was Insula Canaria, “Dog Island”, from canārius, “of dogs”, from canis, “dog”. The bird is named after the islands, not the other way round.
同家族的字
- canineboth go back to Latin canis, “dog”: canine still means “of dogs”; the Canary Islands were named for dogs, and the bird was named for the islands
原始詞典資料21 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Canarynoun詞源 1/kəˈnɛəɹi/
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ball-gamesgameshobbiesSomeone connected with Norwich City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Canaryadj詞源 2/kəˈnɛəɹi/
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businessfinanceThat can be exercised on quarterly dates, a set time period (usually one year) after the issue date, and before the expiry date.
- Canary callable bonds are a type of step-up bond that is a hybrid structure, having elements of both Bermudan and European calls.
- The canary bond is unique in that it is callable during the period before the security converts to a noncallable or bullet structure; the canary callable coupon can possess a step-up feature.
canarynoun/kəˈnɛəɹi/
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A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
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Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
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informalA female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
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slangAn informer or snitch; a squealer.
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A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
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slangA (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (nembutal).
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informalA yellow sticker applied by the police to a vehicle to indicate it is unroadworthy.
- The tendency in these types of situations (as far as I can see) is that because I don't think the act itself is illegal, the police will go through your vehicle systematically loking^([sic]) for anything wrong with it, to slap a canary on it (that's slang for an unroadworthy sticker) or present you with some other fine.
- Yes, if the exhaust is to noisey^([sic]) they can slap a yellow canary on it, but the[n] who cares you got rid of it.
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Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)
另外 7 個記錄的用法
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computingengineeringmathematicsA value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.
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computingengineeringmathematicsA change that is tested by being rolled out first to a subset of machines or users before rolling out to all.
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A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
- Ile to my honeſt knight ſir Iohn Falſtaffe, / And drinke Canary with him.
- And though the annals of the period do not show us that there was less ale drawn, or less canary called for; men got dry with the heat of polemical discussion, and drunk with a text, not the fag end of a ballad, in their mouths; and people made a sort of morality of straight hair, long faces, and sad-coloured garments.
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A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
- In an other corner, Mistris Minx, a marchants wife, that will eate no cherries, forsooth, but when they are at twentie shillings a pound, that lookes as simperingly as if she were besmeard, and iets it as gingerly as if she were dancing the canaries, […]
- […] I haue ſeen a medicine / That's able to breath life into a ſtone, / Quicken a rocke, and make you dance Canari / With ſprightly fire and motion, […]
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obsoleteslangA sovereign (coin).
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A previously-issued ticket, retained by a ticket-seller, conductor or driver and resold to a subsequent passenger as a means of defrauding the transport company.
- She had previously been sacked ... for "selling canaries" - a practice in which drivers resell used tickets to passengers and keep the fare for themselves.
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obsoleteslangA prisoner or convict.
canaryadj/kəˈnɛəɹi/
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Of a light yellow colour.
canaryverb/kəˈnɛəɹi/
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To dance nimbly (as in the canary dance).
- but to jig off a tune at / the tongue's end, canary to it with your feet,
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slangTo inform or snitch, to betray secrets, especially about illegal activities.
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computingengineeringmathematicsTo test a software change by rolling out to a small set of machines or users before making it available to all.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。