| 单词 | gannet |
| 释义 | Related topics: Birdsgan·net /ˈɡænɪt/ noun [countable] 1. HBBa large sea bird that lives in large groups on cliffs 鲣鸟，塘鹅〔群居在悬崖上的一种大海鸟〕2. British English informalEAT someone who eats a lot 食量大的人，大肚汉Examples from the Corpusgannet• This applies mainly to the opportunist feeders like gulls, fulmars, skuas and to some extent gannets.• Fulmars, gannets and an occasional storm petrel performed aerobatics in our wake.• Then an immature gannet came into view away out at sea, a huge bird, still in mottled dark brown plumage.• In spring those cliffs are alive with auks and gulls, and my favourite bird, the gannet.• But the gannets of Bempton Cliffs are within easy reach of all.• Far out to sea lies the gannet colony of Grassholm.• Here they would spend ten or more days catching the young gannets which breed on the rock in thousands.• Young gannets are brown, very much like young seagulls, and have white cheeks.Origin gannet Old English ganotgan·net nounChineseSyllable a groups bird that large sea Corpus large lives in |
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