| 释义 |
canaryca‧nar‧y /kəˈneəri $ -ˈneri/ noun (plural canaries) [countable]   canaryOrigin: 1500-1600 Canary Islands, islands in the Atlantic ocean where the bird comes from - But canaries are idiots of smell and wizards of hearing and love.
- Glancing up, I saw a beautiful yellow bird perched on a telegraph wire, looking like a prize long-tailed canary.
- He keeps canaries, diamond doves and a pair of quails.
- Here, for instance, were hand-sized wolves, with the wings of canaries.
- In the war my Grannie's canaries were blown through the window and on to the street.
- Porches are enclosed with metal bars, like canary cages.
- When the canaries stopped singing, the miners knew it was time to get out of there.
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