singing bird

singing bird — 名詞

1. a small or medium-sized bird that makes pleasant musical sounds with its voice,

1.名詞A2
釋義

鳴禽

能發出悅耳叫聲的鳥類

a small or medium-sized bird that makes pleasant musical sounds with its voice, such as a robin or a nightingale

例句

Every morning a singing bird perched outside Chiara's window and woke her up.

每天早上都有一隻鳴禽停在 Chiara 的窗外，把她叫醒。

collocation: a singing bird perched (somewhere)

Mark put a feeder in the garden to attract more singing birds in spring.

Mark 在花園裡放了一個餵食器，想在春天吸引更多鳴禽。

attract + singing bird(s)

同義詞
  • songbird

    the most common single-word synonym, used especially for pet or garden birds

  • passerine

    a technical term used mostly in biology; includes both singing and non-singing perching birds

常見錯誤

❌The singing bird can sing very well.
✅That bird sings beautifully.
💡the phrase 'singing bird' already means a bird that sings, so 'can sing' is redundant in the same sentence.

2. a bird whose feet are designed for gripping branches and that belongs to the lar

2.名詞B2
釋義

雀鳥

腳趾適合抓握樹枝的鳥類

a bird whose feet are designed for gripping branches and that belongs to the largest group of bird species, the order Passeriformes

例句

Most singing birds have three toes pointing forward and one pointing backward for gripping branches.

大多數雀鳥有三根腳趾朝前、一根朝後，便於抓握樹枝。

anatomical description: toes designed for gripping

Indra's biology class studied the nest-building habits of tropical singing birds.

Indra 的生物課研究了熱帶雀鳥築巢的習性。

同義詞
  • passerine

    the standard technical term in ornithology; more formal than 'singing bird'

  • perching bird

    emphasises the foot structure rather than the vocal ability

用法筆記

In biology contexts, this sense refers to the scientific classification Passeriformes, not just to birds that produce musical sounds. Some singing birds in this sense have simple calls rather than songs.