budgerigar
budgerigar — 名詞
- budgerigarsingular
- budgerigarsplural
1. a cheerful little parrot from Australia with bright green and yellow feathers, p
虎皮鸚鵡
原產澳洲的小型寵物鸚鵡
a cheerful little parrot from Australia with bright green and yellow feathers, popular as a cage bird in homes around the world
Ingrid taught her budgerigar to copy the sound of her doorbell.
Ingrid 教她的虎皮鸚鵡模仿家裡門鈴的聲音。
A bright yellow budgerigar hopped onto Karim's finger and chirped softly.
一隻鮮黃色的虎皮鸚鵡跳到 Karim 的手指上，輕聲啾鳴。
Min's grandmother keeps six budgerigars in a large cage on her sunny balcony.
Min 的祖母在陽光充足的陽臺上，用大籠子養了六隻虎皮鸚鵡。
The budgerigar fluffed its feathers and tucked its head under a wing to sleep.
那隻虎皮鸚鵡抖鬆羽毛，把頭塞進翅膀底下入睡。
Rohan saw a group of wild budgerigars flying fast across the Australian outback.
Rohan 看見一群野生虎皮鸚鵡飛快掠過澳洲內陸。
- 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.