birdwatch

birdwatch — verb

  • birdwatchpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • birdwatches3rd person singular
  • birdwatching-ing form
  • birdwatchedpast simple

1. to spend time looking for birds outdoors and learning about them by noticing the

1.動詞不及物B2
釋義

to spend time looking for birds outdoors and learning about them by noticing their appearance, calls, or behaviour.

例句

Diya and her father birdwatched beside the marsh before sunrise.

birdwatch + beside + place

Sirin birdwatched from the wooden hide and wrote down each heron.

birdwatch + from + place

同義詞
  • observe

    broader and more formal; not limited to birds

  • watch

    more general; can take the birds themselves as the object

  • spot

    stresses noticing one bird, not the whole activity

文法句型

birdwatch + in/at/by + place

birdwatch + from + place

birdwatch + for + bird

用法筆記

Usually intransitive. Speakers normally add a place phrase or a for-phrase rather than a direct object, because the birds are understood from the verb itself.

常見錯誤

❌We birdwatched eagles from the cliff all morning.
✅We watched eagles from the cliff all morning.
💡use 'watch' when the birds themselves are the direct object; 'birdwatch' usually means looking for birds in general.
❌They birdwatched the tower at dawn.
✅They birdwatched from the tower at dawn.
💡the tower is the place where they stood, so English normally marks it with a preposition.