storm petrel中文什么意思

storm petrel ＝stormy petrel.

• storm:    n. 1.暴风雨，暴风雪，大雪雨，大 ...
• petrel:    n. 1.【动物；动物学】海燕〔相传 ...
• storm-petrel:    暴风海燕

例句与用法

1. A covey of gulls , storm petrels , rises hungrily from liffey slime with banbury cakes in their beaks
   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。

英文释义

名词

1. any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts

百科释义

Storm petrels are seabirds in the family Hydrobatidae, part of the order Procellariiformes. These smallest of seabirds feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering.