汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 松鸡
松鸡 (松雞)
grouse
鸟的一种。嘴像鸡,体有白﹑黄﹑褐﹑黑等杂色斑纹。生活在寒冷地带的松林中。肉可食。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

松鸡衔着围巾飞来了。

Blue Jay flew in the scarf.

上星期天他猎获了三只松鸡

He hunted three grouse last Sunday.

没有集体,我们松鸡是过不了冬的。

Without the collective, our grouse was the winter.

这支队伍那天早晨已经去过了松鸡沼泽。

The party had been to the grouse moors that morning.

栗子可在圣诞节时用作火鸡、珍珠鸡或松鸡的填料。

Chestnuts can be used at Christmastime, as a stuffing for turkey, guinea fowl, or chicken.

每年此时,英国栖满松鸡的沼泽地都会遭到“斜纹呢子军”的围剿,每杆枪的主人都希望能在开猎的第一天装上一两只松鸡回去。

Each year the country's grouse moors are invaded by a tweed-clad army of “guns” intent on bagging a brace or two of birds on the opening day of the shooting season.

尽管松鸡的俯冲和急转可能会躲过子弹网状般的扫射,但它远非速度最迅捷的鸟,能从枪下“漏网”逃生。

Yet the grouse, although it may swoop and jink to avoid a peppering of pellets, is far from the swiftest bird that might beat a retreat from the shotguns.