titmouse

IPA/ˈtɪtmaʊs/
IPA/ˈtɪtmaʊs/

titmouse — 名詞

  • titmousesingular
  • titmiceplural

1. A small, active songbird native to North America. It has a short pointed bill an

1.名詞B1
釋義

山雀

北美小型鳴禽，短喙長尾

A small, active songbird native to North America. It has a short pointed bill and a long tail, and many types have a soft grey body with a small crest on the head. Titmice live in woods and gardens and eat insects and seeds.

例句

A tufted titmouse landed on the feeder and cracked a seed with its short beak.

一隻冠山雀停在餵鳥器上，用短喙啄開一顆種子。

collocation: tufted titmouse / cracked a seed

Niran drew the grey titmouse that was hopping through the branches of an old maple.

Niran 畫下那隻在老楓樹枝間跳躍的灰色山雀。

pattern: relative clause describing the bird's action

同義詞
  • crested tit

    less common; refers specifically to titmice that have a crest, like the tufted titmouse

文法句型

titmouse + verb

a/the titmouse + noun

用法筆記

The word 'titmouse' (plural 'titmice') is used mainly in North American English. The same family of birds (Paridae) is called 'tits' in British English — for example, the blue tit or great tit. The most common North American species is the tufted titmouse, which is grey with a white belly and a small pointed crest.

常見錯誤

❌I saw a titmouse near the lake — it looked like a small duck.
✅I saw a titmouse near the lake
💡it was a small grey bird with a crest.' — Titmice are songbirds (perching birds), not water birds.