mockingbird是什么意思？

mockingbird

英[ˈmɒkɪŋbɜ:d] 美[ˈmɑkɪŋbɜrd]

• n. 嘲鸟（善鸣叫，并能模仿别种鸟的叫声，故名）；

复数：mockingbirds;

例句

• He counseled ethnic tolerance of Jews in Gentleman's Agreement and blacks in Mockingbird. 他提倡种族宽容:在《君子协定》中宽容犹太人,在《杀死一只知更鸟》中宽容黑人.
• Mama's going to buy you a mockingbird. 妈妈给你买一只会唱歌的小鸟.
• And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine. 如果那仿声鸟不鸣叫,钻戒不闪耀.
• Before I'd finished reading it, she snitched my copy of To Kill a Mockingbird. 我还没有读完我那本《杀死一只知更鸟》，她就把书给偷走了。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (小)嘲鸫;反舌鸟
  A mockingbird is a grey bird with a long tail which is found in North America. Mockingbirds are able to copy the songs of other birds.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds