budgerigar

IPA/ˈbʌdʒəriɡɑː(r)/
IPA/ˈbʌdʒəriɡɑːr/

budgerigar — noun

  • budgerigarsingular
  • budgerigarsplural

1. a cheerful little parrot from Australia with bright green and yellow feathers, p

1.名詞B2
釋義

a cheerful little parrot from Australia with bright green and yellow feathers, popular as a cage bird in homes around the world

例句

Ingrid taught her budgerigar to copy the sound of her doorbell.

A bright yellow budgerigar hopped onto Karim's finger and chirped softly.

同義詞
  • budgie

    the everyday informal name; the natural choice in speech

  • parakeet

    a broader term for any small long-tailed parrot; every budgerigar is a parakeet but the reverse is not true

  • shell parakeet

    an older alternative name, now rarely used

用法筆記

In everyday speech this bird is nearly always called a budgie. The full word budgerigar is mostly used in formal writing, pet-shop signs, or scientific contexts.

常見錯誤

❌We saw a budgerigar at the zoo — it was huge and bright red.
✅We saw a macaw at the zoo. Budgerigars are small and mostly green and yellow.
💡budgerigars are tiny parrots with distinctive green-and-yellow bodies; large colourful parrots belong to different species.