canary

英 [kəˈneəri]

美 [kəˈneri]

n. 金丝雀

复数：canaries　

Collins.1 / BNC.12048 / COCA.19242

柯林斯词典

金丝雀
Canariesare small yellow birds which sing beautifully and are often kept as pets.

noun

any of several small Old World finches
Synonym:canary bird
a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
Synonym:canary yellow
a female singer
someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
Synonym:finksnitchsnitcherstoolpigeonstool pigeonstooliesneaksneaker

adj

I don't know how it happened genetically, but that baby canary was bright orange.
我并不清楚遗传的方式，但这只小金丝雀却是明亮的橙黄色。
His body was found at sea in waters off the Canary Islands.
他的尸体在离加那利群岛不远的海上被发现。
The day my canary flew away I cried.
金丝雀飞跑的那一天我哭了。
My canary has laid an egg
我的金丝雀生了一个蛋。
He appeared at a Westminster court dressed in a canary yellow sweatshirt and white tracksuit trousers.
昨日，他身穿淡黄色运动衫和白色运动裤，在伦敦威斯敏斯特区（Westminster）一家法院出庭。
You look like the cat that swallowed the canary, is what.
你看起来像是猫抓到金丝雀般的兴奋。
Low-growing much-branched perennial of Canary Islands having orange-red to scarlet or purple flowers; naturalized in United States.
加那利群岛的一种矮生、多分枝的多年生植物，有桔红色、鲜红色或紫色的花；在美国已归化。
Your software project might have its own kind of pit canary.
您的软件项目也可以有自己的矿井金丝雀。
Fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary islands.
分布在北非、亚速尔和加那利群岛的蕨类。
I saw him walk out of the boss's office like the cat that just ate the canary.
我刚看到他从老板的办公室出来，开心极了。