"whippoorwill" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 杓鹬夜鹰
• 鞭咕鹟

Definition

杓鹬夜鹰是一种北美夜间活动的鸟，以它独特、重复的叫声“whip-poor-will”而著名。它主要在黄昏和夜间活动。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“Whippoorwill” 这个词主要在北美使用，常在文学和民谣中出现，用于指这种夜鸟及其叫声。在中文里，通常称为“杓鹬夜鹰”。

Examples

I heard a whippoorwill singing last night.

昨晚我听到一只**杓鹬夜鹰**在叫。

The whippoorwill is active at dusk.

**杓鹬夜鹰**在黄昏时活跃。

We saw a whippoorwill in the forest.

我们在森林里看到了**杓鹬夜鹰**。

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

很容易把**杓鹬夜鹰**的叫声误认为有人在黑暗中叫你的名字。

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

许多诗人描写夜晚**杓鹬夜鹰**的孤独叫声。

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

露营时，我们几乎睡不着，因为**杓鹬夜鹰**一直在帐篷外叫。