"canaries" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 金絲雀

Definition

金絲雀是小型鳴鳥，通常是黃色（有時也有其他顏色），常被飼養為寵物，以其悅耳的歌聲聞名。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“canaries” 是 “canary（金絲雀）” 的複數，指多隻這種寵物鳥。有時在英文還有比喻用法，如“canary in a coal mine”（預警信號）。

Examples

We have two canaries in our living room.

我們客廳裡有兩隻**金絲雀**。

The canaries are singing happily this morning.

**金絲雀**今天早上唱得很快樂。

She feeds the canaries every day.

她每天餵**金絲雀**。

Our canaries wake us up with their songs every morning.

我們的**金絲雀**每天早上都用歌聲叫醒我們。

I love listening to the canaries when I’m working.

工作時我喜歡聽**金絲雀**唱歌。

Those brightly colored canaries always cheer up the house.

那些色彩鮮艷的**金絲雀**總是讓家裡更有朝氣。