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/ˈpeŋɡwɪn/
a large black and white sea bird that lives in the very cold south of the world. It cannot fly, but it uses its wings to swim.
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複數 penguins
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A large black-and-white sea bird from the far cold south, standing upright like a small person in a dinner jacket. Its wings never lift it into the air — under water they work like flippers, so it flies through the sea instead of the sky.
可以想成一隻站得直挺挺的黑白海鳥，住在世界最南邊的冰天雪地裡，遠看像穿著小禮服的人。牠的翅膀飛不起來，但一下水就成了…更多收起
可以想成一隻站得直挺挺的黑白海鳥，住在世界最南邊的冰天雪地裡，遠看像穿著小禮服的人。牠的翅膀飛不起來，但一下水就成了槳——與其說牠不會飛，不如說牠是在海裡飛。原始詞典資料6 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。
Penguinname
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A town in Central Coast Council, northern Tasmania, Australia.
penguinnoun/ˈpɛŋ.ɡwɪn/
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Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage.
- Here are also birds cal'd Pen-gwins (white-head in Welch) like Pigmies walking upright, their finns or wings hanging very orderly downe like sleeves […]
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obsoletehistoricalAn auk (sometimes especially a great auk), a bird of the Northern Hemisphere.
- This last species of penguin, or auk, seems to be the same with the alca cirrhata of Dr. Pallis, Spicileg. Zool. Fasc. v. p. 7. tab. i. & v. fig. 1–3. F.
- More than a hundred years ago, for example, was seen the last of the great wingless penguins or auks, which early writers quaintly called " wobble-birds."
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slangA nun.
- Jake (John Belushi): What are we doing here? Elwood (Dan Aykroyd): You promised you'd visit the penguin the day you got out. Jake: Yeah. So, I lied to her. Elwood:You can't lie to a nun. We gotta go in and visit the penguin.
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artshobbiesjugglingA type of catch where the palm of the hand is facing towards the leg with the arm stretched downward, resembling the flipper of a penguin.
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slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsA member of the air force who does not fly aircraft.
- Although it is a permanent R.A.F. station (pre-war, that is), we meander about, even in the Mess, in battle dress and flying boots, sweaters, etc., much to the disgust of some of the more dignified 'penguins' […]
- Notwithstanding his elevated status as the wing’s Senior Intelligence Officer, Monty, too, was a “penguin,” equal in that respect to an armament assistant, airframe mechanic, pigeon loftsman or any of the seventy-odd ground trades listed by the Royal Canadian Air Force at the war’s end.
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。