blackbird
/ˈblækbɜːd/ (bre, ipa) · [blˈækbɚd] /ˈblækbɜːrd/ (ame, ipa) · [blˈækbɚd] /ˈblak-ˌbərd How to pronounce blackbird (audio)/ (ame, mw)
blackbird — 名詞
1. a common bird in Europe whose male has dark glossy plumage and an orange-yellow
烏鶇
歐洲常見、雄鳥近全黑的歌鳥
a common bird in Europe whose male has dark glossy plumage and an orange-yellow beak, while the female bird is brown rather than black.
Liang heard a male blackbird singing from the apple tree at dawn.
Liang 在黎明時聽見一隻雄性烏鶇在蘋果樹上歌唱。
male blackbird + sing at dawn
Zuri watched a blackbird pull a worm from the wet garden soil.
Zuri 看著一隻烏鶇從潮濕的花園泥土裡拉出一條蚯蚓。
blackbird + pull a worm
The brown female blackbird hopped under the bench beside the pond.
那隻褐色的雌性烏鶇在池塘旁的長椅下跳來跳去。
A blackbird landed on the fence and flashed its yellow beak.
一隻烏鶇落在籬笆上，亮出了牠黃色的鳥喙。
文法句型
a blackbird
male blackbird
female blackbird
用法筆記
In British English, blackbird usually means this garden songbird. In North America, the same word often refers instead to the different bird group in sense 2.
2. one of a number of birds found in North America whose males are mostly black, in
美洲黑鳥
北美數種雄鳥多為黑色的鳥
one of a number of birds found in North America whose males are mostly black, including species such as the red-winged blackbird.
Mauricio pointed out a red-winged blackbird clinging to the reeds by the lake.
Mauricio 指著一隻紅翅美洲黑鳥，牠正抓在湖邊的蘆葦上。
red-winged blackbird
Farmers tried to scare the blackbirds away from the corn field.
農夫們試著把那些美洲黑鳥從玉米田裡趕走。
blackbirds in crops
Minh saw a flock of blackbirds rise suddenly from the marsh grass.
Minh 看見一群美洲黑鳥突然從沼澤草叢中飛起。
Aylin noticed that the male blackbird was darker than the female beside it.
Aylin 注意到那隻雄性美洲黑鳥比旁邊的雌鳥更黑。
文法句型
a blackbird
flock of blackbirds
red-winged blackbird
用法筆記
In North American English, blackbird often names several related species. It does not usually mean the European garden bird in sense 1.
blackbird — 動詞
- blackbirdpresent simple I / you / we / they
- blackbirds3rd person singular
- blackbirding-ing form
- blackbirdedpast simple
1. (historical) to join the trade in kidnapped Pacific Islanders, moving them so th
販奴
從事擄人販賣勞役的歷史活動
(historical) to join the trade in kidnapped Pacific Islanders, moving them so they could be sold or forced to work.
Some labour ships blackbirded among the islands during the nineteenth century.
十九世紀時，有些勞工船會在群島之間從事販奴活動。
historical intransitive use
The captain was jailed after his crew blackbirded in Melanesia.
那名船長因船員在美拉尼西亞販奴而被判入獄。
Historians say several traders blackbirded for sugar farm owners in Queensland.
歷史學家說，有些商人會在昆士蘭替甘蔗農場主販奴。
The novel follows a ship that blackbirded across the South Pacific.
那本小說描寫一艘船如何在南太平洋各地販奴。
- traffic in slaves
modern descriptive phrase for the same kind of activity
- enslave
focuses on making people slaves rather than the trading voyage itself
文法句型
blackbird + in/among/across + place
用法筆記
Found mainly in nineteenth-century accounts of labour trafficking in the South Pacific. It is a historical term, not a word for ordinary bird hunting or modern smuggling.