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A flycatcher is a small bird. It often sits still on a branch or a fence, then darts into the air to catch flies and other insects, and often comes back to the same perch. That hunting style is how it got the name.
A flycatcher is a small birdflycatcher是一種小型鳥類。It often sits still on a branch or a fence牠常常靜靜停在樹枝或籬笆上, then darts into the air to catch flies and other insects然後突然衝進空中捕捉蒼蠅和其他昆蟲, and often comes back to the same perch之後常常又飛回同一個棲點。That hunting style is how it got the name牠的名字就是這樣來的
There are many kinds, in many countries. Birdwatchers use the name for a whole group of small insect-eaters. In Taiwan you will meet birds whose Chinese names end in 鶲 — those are flycatchers and close relatives.
There are many kinds, in many countries很多國家都有很多種flycatcher。Birdwatchers use the name for a whole group of small insect-eaters賞鳥人會用這個名字統稱一整群捕食昆蟲的小型鳥類。In Taiwan you will meet birds whose Chinese names end in 鶲在台灣你會遇到中文名字結尾是「鶲」的鳥 — those are flycatchers and close relatives那些就是flycatcher或牠們的近親
Though actually, the English name is a bit loose. Not every bird called a flycatcher is a close family member in science, and some eat more than flies. The everyday idea is still: small bird, catches insects in the air.
Though actually, the English name is a bit loose不過其實,這個英文名字用得有點鬆散: not every bird called a flycatcher is a close family member in science不是每一種被稱作flycatcher的鳥,在分類學上都是近親, and some eat more than flies有些也不只吃蒼蠅。The everyday idea is still: small bird, catches insects in the air但日常概念還是一樣:小型鳥類,在空中捕食昆蟲
It is not a trap, and it is not the sticky plant.
It is not a trap它不是陷阱, and it is not the sticky plant也不是那種會黏東西的植物
原始詞典資料3 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。
flycatchernoun
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Any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae, of Africa, Europe, and Asia, that catch insects in flight; an Old World flycatcher.
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Any of many kinds of similar birds of various families, such as Tyrannidae (the New World flycatchers of the Americas), Tityridae, Stenostiridae, Monarchidae, Petroicidae, etc.
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A device for catching flies.
- Stewart appeared anxious to get all information in connection with a fly-catcher on the counter.
- He has a patent revolving fly-catcher on the counter.
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。