汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 食火雞
食火雞 (食火鸡)
cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
动物名。走禽类。体较鸵鸟小,头顶有肉冠,羽黑色,不能飞,善行走。口腔内色赤如火,俗传能吞食火炭,故名。参阅明李时珍《本草纲目.禽四.驼鸟》。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

年轻的食火鸡身子是褐色的,带有淡黄色条纹。

Young cassowaries are brown and have buffy stripes.

食火鸡把它圆顶的头靠近园丁鸟的嘴。

Cassowary put his domed head close to Bower-bird's beak.

食火鸡的主要食物是水果,尽管所有的物种实际上都是杂食的。

Cassowaries feed mainly on fruits, though all species are truly omnivorous.

食火鸡看起来就像一个耀眼的鸵鸟,它们经常出没于澳大利亚铁路旁边的森林里和新几内亚岛。

A cassowary looks like a flamboyant ostrich and can be found wandering the rain forests of Australia and New Guinea.