But the child , unaccustomed to the touch or familiarity of any but her mother , escaped through the open window , and stood on the upper step , looking like a wild tropical bird , of rich plumage , ready to take flight into the upper air 但那孩子除去她母亲之外还不习惯别人的亲热，立即穿过敞开的窗户逃了出去，站在最高一层的台阶上，象一只长着斑斓羽毛的热带鸟儿似的，随时准备飞上天空，逃之天天。
All at once , there began the most horrid , unearthly screaming , which at first startled me badly , though i had soon remembered the voice of captain flint , and even thought i could make out the bird by her bright plumage as she sat perched upon her master s wrist 最初把我吓坏了，但我很快就记起那是名叫“弗林特船长”的鹦鹉在叫。它正蹲坐在主人的手腕上，根据它那亮丽的羽毛，我可以辨认出它。
The peacock figures in the bible and in greek and roman myth , where it appears as the favorite bird of the goddess hera , or juno , and the bird was known to the pharaohs of egypt and to 14th - century europe , where it was roasted and served in its own plumage 孔雀羽毛在《圣经》和希腊与罗马的神话里面，外形就像女神赫拉或朱诺特别喜欢的鸟，当它被烘烤，羽毛用作欣赏的时候，被认为是埃及法老和十四世纪欧洲喜爱的鸟。
Male peacocks ' huge , outrageous tails can make foraging for food and evading predators difficult , but the plumage , which many researchers say indicates male fitness , is so effective at luring females that the trait has been preserved in the population , kruger points out 雄孔雀巨大骇人的尾巴不仅会影响觅食，而且在躲避食肉动物的追赶时也不方便，但很多研究人员说，雄孔雀的大羽毛尾巴是健康的雄性特征，这一雄性特征使雄孔雀更容易赢得雌孔雀的芳心，因此也才得以通过遗传被保留下来。
Rare birds , retaining their most brilliant plumage , enormous fish , spread upon massive silver dishes , together with every wine produced in the archipelago , asia minor , or the cape , sparkling in bottles , whose grotesque shape seemed to give an additional flavor to the draught , - all these , like one of the displays with which apicius of old gratified his guests , passed in review before the eyes of the astonished parisians , who understood that it was possible to expend a thousand louis upon a dinner for ten persons , but only on the condition of eating pearls , like cleopatra , or drinking refined gold , like lorenzo de medici 大银盆里盛着硕大无比的鱼各种珍禽的身上依旧还保留着它们最鲜艳夺目的羽毛，外加各种美酒，有爱琴海出产的，小亚细亚出产的，好望角出产的，都装在奇形怪状的闪闪发光的瓶子里，似乎更增加了酒的香甜纯美。这一切，就象阿辟古斯阿辟古斯是古代罗马奥古斯都时代的美食家。译注招待他宾客时一样，一罗列在了这些巴黎人的面前。
And i was placed there , by whom i don t know : i was in no condition to note particulars ; i was only aware that they had hoisted me up to the height of mr . brocklehurst s nose , that he was within a yard of me , and that a spread of shot orange and purple silk pelisses and a cloud of silvery plumage extended and waved below me 我被抱到了凳子上，是谁抱的，我并不知道，我已经不可能去注意细枝末节了。我只知道他们把我摆到了跟布罗克赫斯特先生鼻子一般高的地方知道他离我只有一码远知道在我下面，一片桔黄色和紫色的闪缎饰皮外衣和浓雾般银色的羽毛在扩展，在飘拂。
The plantation wherein she had taken shelter ran down at this spot into a peak , which ended it hitherward , outside the hedge being arable ground . under the trees several pheasants lay about , their rich plumage dabbled with blood ; some were dead , some feebly twitching a wing , some staring up at the sky , some pulsating quickly , some contorted , some stretched out - all of them writhing in agony , except the fortunate ones whose tortures had ended during the night by the inability of nature to bear more 在那些树下，有几只山鸡四下里躺着，它们华丽的羽毛上沾着斑斑血迹有些山鸡已经死了，有些山鸡还在无力地拍打着翅膀，有些山鸡瞪着天空，有些山鸡还在扑打着，有些山鸡乱扭着，有些山鸡伸直了身子躺在地上所有的山鸡都在痛苦地扭动着，不过那几只幸运的山鸡除外，它们在夜里流血过多，再也无力坚持了，已经结束了它们的痛苦。
The number of black - faced spoonbills found in minjiang estuary wetland , changle city has been increased to 12 . after finding 2 endangered black - faced spoonbills on 1 march 2003 in tantou town , changle city , 10 more were found at the same place on 17 april , and 3 of them already had breeding plumage . it is estimated that the additional flock of black - faced spoonbills arrived here during migration and stopped by here to rest and feed 继2003年3月1日在长乐市潭头镇的河口湿地发现世界珍禽黑脸琵鹭2只后， 4月17日，笔者在该处再次发现黑脸琵鹭，数量达12只，其中3只已显出繁殖羽的颜色，估计新增的黑脸琵鹭系迁徙途经闽江河口，在此停歇觅食。
