"whippoorwill" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 杓鷸夜鷹
• 鞭咕鶲

Definition

杓鷸夜鷹是一種北美洲的夜行鳥，以其獨特且反覆的鳴叫聲「whip-poor-will」著稱。牠主要在黃昏和夜晚活動。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Whippoorwill” 這個詞主要在北美使用，在文學和民謠中常用來指這種夜行鳥及其叫聲。中文多稱為「杓鷸夜鷹」。

Examples

I heard a whippoorwill singing last night.

昨晚我聽到一隻**杓鷸夜鷹**在叫。

The whippoorwill is active at dusk.

**杓鷸夜鷹**在黃昏時很活躍。

We saw a whippoorwill in the forest.

我們在森林裡看到了一隻**杓鷸夜鷹**。

It's easy to mistake the call of a whippoorwill for someone calling your name in the dark.

很容易把**杓鷸夜鷹**的鳴叫聲誤以為是在黑暗中有人叫你的名字。

Many poets write about the lonely sound of the whippoorwill at night.

許多詩人寫過夜晚**杓鷸夜鷹**的孤獨聲音。

When camping, we could barely sleep because a whippoorwill kept singing outside our tent.

露營時，我們幾乎睡不著，因為**杓鷸夜鷹**一直在帳篷外叫。