Stork

[stɔːk] or [stɔrk]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage.

卡尔文校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (C. nigra) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.

乔伊手打

解釋/意思:

n. a long-necked and long-legged wading-bird nearly allied to the heron spoonbill and ibis—the Common stork or White stork (Ciconia alba) about 3?feet long migratory in habit common in Holland and northern Germany often semi-domesticated nesting on the tops of houses &c.—n. Stork's′-bill any plant of the genus Erodium esp. the heron's-bill: a plant of the genus Pelargonium.

校對:威尔默