moa
moa — 名詞
- moasingular
- moasplural
1. a very large bird that lived only in New Zealand in the past, was unable to fly,
恐鳥
紐西蘭已絕種的大型不會飛鳥類
a very large bird that lived only in New Zealand in the past, was unable to fly, and has now completely died out.
The museum in Auckland displays the bones of a giant moa near the front door.
奧克蘭的博物館在大門附近展示一隻巨大恐鳥的骨頭。
a + adjective + moa (singular count noun)
Long ago, large groups of moa walked freely across the green hills of New Zealand.
很久以前，成群的恐鳥自由地走在紐西蘭翠綠的山丘上。
plural without -s: groups of moa
Mizuki read that the last moa died out about six hundred years ago.
Mizuki 讀到最後一隻恐鳥大約在六百年前就絕種了。
Scientists believe early hunters killed so many moa that the birds slowly disappeared.
科學家認為早期的獵人殺了太多恐鳥，使這種鳥慢慢消失了。
Élise drew a tall moa next to a tiny person to show its size.
Élise 畫了一隻高大的恐鳥站在一個小小的人旁邊，以顯示牠的體型。
用法筆記
Frequently appears as an unchanged plural — 'three moa', 'herds of moa' — though the regular form 'moas' is also seen.