plover
plover 英 [ˈplʌvə(r)] 美 [ˈplʌvɚ, ˈplovɚ]
n. 珩；千鸟；珩科鸟（如凤头麦鸡）
名词复数:plovers
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- n. 珩；千鸟；珩科鸟（如凤头麦鸡）
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1. A variety of seabirds and shorebirds inhabit the islands, including the endangered brown pelican, least tern, and piping plover.
在岛屿上有多样的海鸟及岸鸟栖息，包括濒危的褐鹈鹕、燕鸥、还有笛珩。
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2. The restoration project has spent millions of dollars on pond habitat for shorebirds like Forster's terns and the threatened Western snowy plover.
为保护福斯特的燕鸥和受到绝种威胁的西方雪原船水鸟的栖息地，而进行的池塘自然恢复工程，已经花了数百万的美元。
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3. In 1951, he was out shooting in Ireland and got into an argument about whether the golden plover ranked as Europe's fastest game bird.
1951年，比弗在爱尔兰打猎时与同行者争论哪种鸟是欧洲飞得最快的鸟，3年后他们还在争论这个问题。
- plover (n.) c. 1300, from Anglo-French plover, Old French pluvier, earlier plovier (c. 1200), from Vulgar Latin *plovarius, literally "belonging to rain," from Latin pluvia "rain (water)" from pluere "to rain," from PIE root *pleu- "to flow." Perhaps so called because the birds' migration arrival coincides with the start of the rainy season, or from its supposed restlessness when rain approaches.
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