auk

IPA/ɔːk/
IPA/ɔːk/

auk — noun

1. A black-and-white seabird with a short neck, a thick beak, and short wings that

1.名詞B2
釋義

A black-and-white seabird with a short neck, a thick beak, and short wings that it uses to swim underwater while hunting for fish. Auks live in cold oceans of the northern hemisphere and come ashore only to breed.

例句

During a trip to Iceland, Sophia photographed an auk that had just caught a small fish.

photographed an auk

The Watanabe family watched a noisy colony of auks nesting on the cliffs of northern Norway.

colony of auks

同義詞
  • puffin

    A type of auk with a large, colourful beak; puffins are smaller and have a more distinctive appearance.

  • guillemot

    Another member of the auk family; guillemots lay their eggs directly on cliff ledges rather than in burrows.

文法句型

auk + verb (dives/swims/nests)

常見錯誤

❌I saw a penguin in Norway.
✅I saw an auk in Norway.
💡Penguins live only in the southern hemisphere; auks are the northern hemisphere's black-and-white diving seabirds.