Canary
[kə'neərɪ] or [kə'nɛri]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) any of several small Old World finches.
(noun.) a female singer.
(adj.) having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow .
校對:杜鲁门--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds.
(a.) Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone.
(n.) Wine made in the Canary Islands; sack.
(n.) A canary bird.
(n.) A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird.
(n.) A quick and lively dance.
(v. i.) To perform the canary dance; to move nimbly; to caper.
編輯:沃伦
解釋/意思:
n. a light sweet wine from the Canary Islands: a bird originally from the Canary Islands: a lively dance.—adj. canary-coloured bright yellow.—ns. Canā′ry-bird a canary: (slang) a jail-bird: a mistress; Canā′ry-grass a grass of which the seed is much used as food for canary-birds; Canā′ry-wood the dark-coloured timber of two lauraceous trees of the Azores and Madeira.
校對:斯坦顿
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of this sweet songster, denotes unexpected pleasures. For the young to dream of possessing a beautiful canary, denotes high class honors and a successful passage through the literary world, or a happy termination of love's young dream. To dream one is given you, indicates a welcome legacy. To give away a canary, denotes that you will suffer disappointment in your dearest wishes. To dream that one dies, denotes the unfaithfulness of dear friends. Advancing, fluttering, and singing canaries, in luxurious apartments, denotes feasting and a life of exquisite refinement, wealth, and satisfying friendships. If the light is weird or unnaturally bright, it augurs that you are entertaining illusive hopes. Your over-confidence is your worst enemy. A young woman after this dream should beware, lest flattering promises react upon her in disappointment. Fairy-like scenes in a dream are peculiarly misleading and treacherous to women.
阿方斯校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Some of these he has left on the Continent, but he has brought with him to this house a cockatoo, two canary-birds, and a whole family of white mice. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- In the breakfast-room I found my aunt's favourite canary singing in his cage. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- There sat the canary in a corner, bunched and fluffed up for sleep. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Everybody talked, not very loudly, but merrily, and the canary birds sang shrill in their high-hung cages. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Miss Lavinia and Miss Clarissa have given their consent; and if ever canary birds were in a flutter, they are. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Wilfer, modestly dropping his voice on the word, as he eyed the canary-coloured fittings. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The canary is revived by oxygen and the crew puts on safety helmets before proceeding. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- From these Mr Venus rescues the canary in a glass case, and shows it to the boy. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Mr Venus, always in exceedingly low spirits and making whimpering sounds, peers about for the stuffed canary. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- A canary's cage was hanging in the window, and its aim seems to have been to get at the bird. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Doll I work for, lost a canary-bird. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- They put out to sea to the west and found the Canary Isles, Madeira, and the Azores. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Everything on the table was in silver too, and two footmen, with red hair and canary-coloured liveries, stood on either side of the sideboard. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I have no more of what they call character, my dear, than a canary-bird, but I know I am trustworthy. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- At this moment the greasy door is violently pushed inward, and a boy follows it, who says, after having let it slam: 'Come for the stuffed canary. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- They were not unlike birds, altogether; having a sharp, brisk, sudden manner, and a little short, spruce way of adjusting themselves, like canaries. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The Count was exercising his canaries as he used to exercise them in Marian's time at Blackwater Park. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- They are almost as tame as the canaries, and they are perpetually let out like the canaries. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- My cockatoo, my canaries, and my little mice--who will cherish them when their good Papa is gone? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I will offer my canaries and my cockatoo to this vast Metropolis--my agent shall present them in my name to the Zoological Gardens of London. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The canaries and the cockatoo were probably in some other room. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Canaries of unrivalled vivacity and intelligence: worthy of the garden of Eden, worthy also of the garden in the Regent's Park. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
伯特校對