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单词 stork
释义

stork

noun

ˈstȯrk How to pronounce stork (audio)
: any of various large wading birds (family Ciconiidae) chiefly of Asia, Africa, and South America that have long stout bills and are related to the ibises and herons

Illustration of stork

Illustration of stork

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web This extinct marabou stork was a giant, standing 1.8 meters tall, towering over the small H. floresiensis. David Bressan, Forbes, 15 July 2022 The baby-delivering stork now leaves with an expensive invoice, as being a parent involves many responsibilities and hefty bills (bills, bills). Chloe Berger, Fortune, 13 July 2022 Someone get Nick Cannon’s stork a veterinarian because that poor bird’s back probably hurts. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2022 The ads featured a cartoon stork that wielded pickles like cigars and wore a bow tie, just like Mr. Vlasic. James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 18 May 2022 Vlasic Pickles entered the American pop-culture pantheon in 1974 with the debut of its mascot, the Vlasic stork. Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2022 The bow-tied, wisecracking Vlasic cartoon stork was born in 1974 and took on a TV persona similar to Charlie the Tuna but for pickles. Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 May 2022 There’s a lion, a tiger, a camel, a stork — even a sea monster. San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2022 The Germans called it a pfeilstorch, or arrow-stork, and remarkably, 24 more pfeilstorchs have been found in Europe in the years since. Jim Robbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English storc; akin to Old High German storah stork and probably to Old English stearc stiff — more at stark

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

stork

noun

ˈstȯrk How to pronounce stork (audio)
: a large wading bird that has a long heavy bill and long legs and builds large nests usually in trees or on the top of roofs and poles
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