查询词典 covey

218A covey of gulls, storm petrels, rises hungrily from Liffey slime with Banbury cakes in their beaks.

218（一群海鸥与海燕饥饿地从利菲河的稀泥里飞起，口中衔着班伯里馅饼。

Cast, the number of hawks or falcons cast off at one time, usually a pair; cete, a company of badgers; covert, a flock of coots; covey, a family of grouse, partridges, or other game birds; drift, a drove or herd, especially of hogs; exaltation, a flight of larks; fall, a family of woodcock in flight; gam, a school of whales, or a social congregation of whalers, especially at sea; kennel, a number of hounds or dogs housed in one place or under the same ownership; kindle, a brood or litter, especially of kittens; litter, the total number of offspring produced at a single birth by a multiparous mammal; muster, a flock of peacocks; nide, a brood of pheasants; pod, a small herd of seals or whales; pride, a company of lions; rout, a company of people or animals in movement, especially knights or wolves; school, a congregation of fish, or aquatic mammals such as dolphins or porpoises; shrewdness, a company of apes; skein, a flight of wildfowl, especially geese; skulk, a congregation of vermin, especially foxes, or of thieves; sloth, a company of bears; sord, a flight of mallards; sounder, a herd of wild boar; stable, a number of horses housed in one place or under the same ownership; swarm, a colony of insects, such as ants, bees, or wasps, especially when migrating to a new nest or hive; troop, a number of animals, birds, or people, especially when on the move; warren, the inhabitants, such as rabbits, of a warren; watch, a flock of nightingales; and wisp, a flock of birds, especially of snipe.

cast 指一次所放飞的鹰或隼的数目，通常为一对： cete，一群； covert 一群大鹋； covey，一群松鸡、石鸡或其它作猎物的鸟； drift，一群或一堆，尤指家猪； exaltation，一群云雀； fall，一群飞行中的丘鹬； gam，一群鲸或一伙捕鲸人，尤指在海上的； kennel，一群住在一起或属同一个人所有的猎狗或狗； kindle，一窝或一巢，尤指小猫： litter，一产多胎的哺乳动物一次所生的幼仔的总数； muster，一群孔雀； nide，一窝野鸡； pod，一小群海豹或鲸； pride，一群狮子； rout，一群在行进中的人或动物，尤指骑士或狼； school，一群鱼或水生哺乳动物如海豚或小鲸； shrewdness，一群猿； skein，一群猎鸟，尤指鹅； skulk，一群害兽或坏人，尤指狐狸或小偷； sloth，一群熊； sord，一群野鸭； sounder，一群野公猪； stable，住在同一处或属同一个人所有的一群马； swarm，一群昆虫，如蚂蚁、蜜蜂或黄蜂，尤指当它们迁往一个新的巢或蜂房时； troop，一群动物、鸟或人，尤指在行进中时； warren 养兔场的一群动物，如兔子； watch 一群夜莺； wisp 一群鸟，尤指鹬鸟参见同义词 crowd

When she finally came out, tremulously proud of the blond highlights in her hair, he had overheard Covey reassure her that he hadn't minded waiting at all, that he and Henry had watched the game together over lunch.

后来薇薇安出来了，对自己金色的头发非常满意，亨利无意中听到柯维对她说自己一点都不介意等这么长时间，并说和自己一起吃了午饭，看了球赛。

Like modern-day dogs, these particular lines were able to point to where a covey of birds was hiding in the underbrush.

与现在的波音达犬一样它们能找出一群躲在灌木丛中的鸟，但不像

CHAPTER XII THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME Chinese A bishop is almost always surrounded by a full squadron of little abbes, just as a general is by a covey of young officers.

十二 卞福汝主教门庭冷落英文在将军的周围，常有成群的青年军官，在主教的周围，几乎也常有成批的小教士。

And he pursued his road, walking rapidly straight ahead, and with almost an air of certainty, with the sagacity of a fox scenting a covey of partridges.

他继续赶他的路，快速向前奔，几乎是极有把握的样子，象一只凭嗅觉猎取鹧鸪的狐狸一样敏捷。

A carrier gas such as nitrogen is directed through line 20 and valve 22 to connect with line 26 and mix with the gas sample.

如氮气之类的载体通过管线20和阀22引入，与管线26相通，与气体样品混合。

But for the most part, knaves and parasites had the command of his fortune

然而支配他的家产的大多是恶棍和寄生虫。