catbird
英['kætbɜːd]
美['kætˌbɜːd]
Noun:
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any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
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North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing
- 1. If he had not been hurt, his team would be sitting in the catbird seat.
- 要是他没有受伤的话，他的球队会处于非常有利的地位。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Even from the first, the words went wrong , the catbird pecked away the nightingale.
- 一开始字里行间就漏洞百出, 猫声鸟居然把夜莺啄得铩羽而归.
来自辞典例句
用作名词 (n.)
- Even from the first, the words went wrong, the catbird pecked away the nightingale.
一开始字里行间就漏洞百出，猫声鸟居然把夜莺啄得铩羽而归。
