英语词汇“phoebe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Reports from Crane WMA in Falmouth included 2 American kestrels, 9 Eastern phoebes, 2 grasshopper sparrows, 18 Eastern towhees, 2 bobolink, 4 Eastern meadowlarks, a dickcissel, and 2 blue grosbeaks.

BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2019 Parker River National Wildlife Refuge: Among reports were four Northern shovelers, a Eurasian wigeon, a ruddy duck, a pectoral sandpiper, three American woodcocks, an Eastern phoebe, and a Lapland longspur.

BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2019 They are joined by birds such as phoebes and hermit thrushes who have the amazing ability to switch from insect diets to fruits and seeds.

Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Sep. 2019 Birds are adaptable and make nests in countless buildings in the city, but not every nesting site has a staff that takes a keen interest in the welfare of the phoebes and their chicks.

Weldon Johnson, azcentral, 4 June 2019 In 2011, a U.S. attorney in North Dakota charged Hamm with a criminal misdemeanor after a Say’s phoebe got stuck and died in a pond of oil waste.

Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2018 In 1804, a young naturalist named John James Audubon tied silver threads to the legs of the eastern phoebes, tiny white-and-brown songbirds, that lived in a nest near his home near Philadelphia.

Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2017 DEAR JOAN: Last summer a neighbor removed some evergreens and several displaced black phoebes found their way to our yard.

Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2017 A phoebe is a kind of bird, and my little girl also happened to arrive 8 weeks before her due date, making her a true early bird.

Liz Krieger, Town & Country, 10 July 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

imitative

Noun (2)

Latin, from Greek Phoibē, from phoibē, feminine of phoibos

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1700, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1567, in the meaning defined above

单词	phoebe
释义	phoebe 1 of 2 noun (1) phoe·be ˈfē-bē : any of a genus (Sayornis) of the tyrant flycatcher family especially : a flycatcher (S. phoebe) of the eastern U.S. that has a slight crest and is plain grayish brown above and yellowish white below Phoebe 2 of 2 noun (2) Phoe·be ˈfē-bē : artemis Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Noun Reports from Crane WMA in Falmouth included 2 American kestrels, 9 Eastern phoebes, 2 grasshopper sparrows, 18 Eastern towhees, 2 bobolink, 4 Eastern meadowlarks, a dickcissel, and 2 blue grosbeaks. BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2019 Parker River National Wildlife Refuge: Among reports were four Northern shovelers, a Eurasian wigeon, a ruddy duck, a pectoral sandpiper, three American woodcocks, an Eastern phoebe, and a Lapland longspur. BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2019 They are joined by birds such as phoebes and hermit thrushes who have the amazing ability to switch from insect diets to fruits and seeds. Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Sep. 2019 Birds are adaptable and make nests in countless buildings in the city, but not every nesting site has a staff that takes a keen interest in the welfare of the phoebes and their chicks. Weldon Johnson, azcentral, 4 June 2019 In 2011, a U.S. attorney in North Dakota charged Hamm with a criminal misdemeanor after a Say’s phoebe got stuck and died in a pond of oil waste. Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2018 In 1804, a young naturalist named John James Audubon tied silver threads to the legs of the eastern phoebes, tiny white-and-brown songbirds, that lived in a nest near his home near Philadelphia. Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2017 DEAR JOAN: Last summer a neighbor removed some evergreens and several displaced black phoebes found their way to our yard. Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2017 A phoebe is a kind of bird, and my little girl also happened to arrive 8 weeks before her due date, making her a true early bird. Liz Krieger, Town & Country, 10 July 2017 See More Word History Etymology Noun (1) imitative Noun (2) Latin, from Greek Phoibē, from phoibē, feminine of phoibos First Known Use Noun (1) 1700, in the meaning defined above Noun (2) 1567, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition phoebe noun phoe·be ˈfē-bē : a small grayish brown bird that eats flying insects
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