cormorant
cormorant 英 [ˈkɔ:mərənt] 美 [ˈkɔrmərənt]
n. 鸬鹚
名词复数:cormorants
- A cormorant is a bird that lives near the ocean and dives for fish. You can recognize cormorants by their long necks and dark color.
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- n. 鸬鹚
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1. A cormorant can catch 15kg of fish a day, but only after three to five years of training.
一只受训三到五年的鸬鹚一天可捉到15公斤鱼。
- cormorant (n.) "large, black swimming and diving bird," early 14c., cormeraunt, from Old French cormarenc (12c., Modern French cormoran), from Late Latin corvus marinus "sea raven" + Germanic suffix -enc, -ing. The -t in English probably is from confusion with words in -ant. See corvine + marine (adj.). The birds are proverbially voracious, hence the word was applied to greedy or gluttonous persons (1530s).
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