A wren is a tiny brown bird with a short, sharp tail that it often holds straight up in the air. It is one of the smallest birds in Europe, small enough to sit in your hand, and it lives in gardens, hedges and woods.

A wren is a tiny brown birdwren是一種很小的褐色鳥 with a short, sharp tail有短短尖尖的尾巴 that it often holds straight up in the air常常翹得直直的. It is one of the smallest birds in Europe是歐洲最小的鳥之一, small enough to sit in your hand小到可以放在手掌上, and it lives in gardens, hedges and woods住在花園、樹籬和樹林裡.

For its size it is astonishingly loud — birdwatchers always mention this — so people often hear a wren long before they see one. It is a countable noun: one wren, two wrens.

For its size以牠的體型來說 it is astonishingly loud叫聲大得驚人 — birdwatchers always mention this賞鳥的人總會提到這點 — so people often hear a wren long before they see one所以人們常常先聽到鷦鷯的叫聲，很久之後才看到牠. It is a countable noun是可數名詞: one wren, two wrensone wren、two wrens.

In Britain the wren is a very familiar, much-loved little bird, and it used to be on the back of the old British one-penny coin, so it carries a warm, homely feeling for British people that the plain word "bird" does not. It appears in old rhymes and folk customs too.

In Britain在英國 the wren is a very familiar, much-loved little bird鷦鷯是大家都熟悉、很受喜愛的小鳥, and it used to be on the back of the old British one-penny coin以前還印在英國舊的一便士硬幣背面, so it carries a warm, homely feeling for British people所以對英國人來說帶著一種溫暖、親切的感覺 that the plain word "bird" does not這是單純的「bird」這個字沒有的. It appears in old rhymes and folk customs too牠也出現在古老的童謠和民俗習慣裡.

Careful, though: the birds Americans call wrens are related but not the same species, and in Taiwan the birds you might see called 鷦鷯 are the same family.

Careful, though不過要小心: the birds Americans call wrens美國人叫做 wrens 的鳥 are related but not the same species是親戚，但不是同一個物種, and in Taiwan the birds you might see called 鷦鷯而在台灣你可能看到叫做「鷦鷯」的鳥 are the same family是同一個科.

Wren is also a common English family name — the architect Christopher Wren, who built St Paul's Cathedral in London, is the famous one — and in Britain "a Wren" (capital W) used to mean a woman serving in the WRNS, the navy's women's branch.

Wren is also a common English family nameWren 也是常見的英文姓氏 — the architect Christopher Wren建築師 Christopher Wren, who built St Paul's Cathedral in London蓋了倫敦聖保羅大教堂的人, is the famous one是最有名的那位 — and in Britain "a Wren" (capital W)而在英國「a Wren」（大寫W） used to mean a woman serving in the WRNS以前指的是在 WRNS 服役的女性, the navy's women's branch也就是海軍的女子部隊.