"flightless" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 不會飛的

Definition

用來形容一種鳥類或動物不能飛，即使同類動物通常能飛。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“flightless”多用於描述鳥類（如“flightless bird”），也可指本該能飛卻不能飛的昆蟲或動物。屬於科學或描述性用語，非日常口語。常見於“flightless bird”“flightless insects”等搭配。

Examples

The ostrich is a flightless bird.

鴕鳥是一種**不會飛的**鳥。

Penguins are flightless but excellent swimmers.

企鵝是**不會飛的**，但游泳很好。

Kiwi birds are famous for being flightless.

幾維鳥以**不會飛**而聞名。

Did you know the dodo was also flightless before it went extinct?

你知道渡渡鳥在絕種之前也是**不會飛的**嗎？

Some insects have become flightless over millions of years of evolution.

有些昆蟲在數百萬年演化中變得**不會飛了**。

Unlike most birds, cassowaries are completely flightless and very territorial.

和大多數鳥類不同，食火雞完全**不會飛**，而且很有領域性。