单词 | great bowerbird |
释义 | great bowerbird (extremely rare) n WORD FAMILY great bowerbird USAGE EXAMPLESThe brown calligraphy of the great bowerbird is stunning but these human metaphors hardly do justice to forms we cannot recreate ourselves. The Guardian(Jun 14, 2014) Preparing a display of bones, shells, stones and other objects is the male great bowerbird’s way of rolling out the red carpet. New York Times(Jan 24, 2012) n large bowerbird of northern Australia Syn|Hyper Chlamydera nuchalis bowerbird, catbird any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females |
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