bower
bower 英 [ˈbaʊə(r)] 美 [ˈbaʊɚ]
n. 凉亭;树阴处
进行时:bowering 过去式:bowered 过去分词:bowered 第三人称单数:bowers 名词复数:bowers
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- n. 凉亭;树阴处
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1. To woo females, the males of 17 of the 20 known species of bowerbirds build structures—often resembling an arbor, or bower, with an artfully decorated platform.
在已知20种园丁鸟中,有17种会为了向雌性求爱而建造房屋——它们的建筑物常常很像凉亭,有装饰性的平台,设计精巧,技艺高超。
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2. It builds a roofed bower, complete with moss flooring, and ornaments from the surrounding forests - including fruits, berries, acorns, butterfly wings and deer dung.
它修建一个带屋顶的屋舍,连同苔藓地板和从周围的森林里收集的装饰品——有水果、浆果、橡子、蝶翼、鹿粪。
- bower (n.) Old English bur "room, hut, dwelling, chamber," from Proto-Germanic *bowan (source also of Old Norse bur "chamber," Swedish bur "cage," Old Danish both "dwelling, stall," Old Saxon bur "a house; a cage," Old High German bur "dwelling, chamber," buan "to dwell," German Vogelbauer "cage" for a bird), from PIE root *bheue- "to be, exist, grow."
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