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Definition of sparrow in English: sparrownoun ˈsparəʊˈspɛroʊ 1A small Old World bird related to the weaver birds, typically with brown and grey plumage. 麻雀 Family Passeridae (or Ploceidae): four genera, in particular Passer, and many species, e.g. the cosmopolitan house sparrow (P. domesticus) Example sentencesExamples - With a beat of her tiny brown wings, the sparrow was on her way.
- It was a light gray and it had a large black beak, more like a hawk's than a sparrow's.
- The branches serve as a handy perch for the sparrows and mourning doves that frequent my city bird feeder.
- All wild birds (except pigeons, English sparrows and starlings) are protected by federal and state laws, so it's illegal to trap, kill or poison them.
- Most folks start with a feeder or two and quickly find themselves engrossed with the resident sparrows, finches, and woodpeckers that eagerly accept the offerings.
- He fed sparrows and grosbeaks on a seed tray mounted on a pole to be visible from his windows.
- Everything from the modest sparrow to the extravagant scarlet macaw came to perch and settle around her.
- An injured sparrow or a bird dressed for a dining table distresses her as much as war among nations and nuclear experiments do.
- Crows and sparrows have been known to attack innocent passers-by who happen to stroll near their nests.
- Smaller birds such as pigeons, thrushes, jackdaws, robins and sparrows would also have been seen on a regular basis.
- One sparrow box can house up to 36 baby sparrows in a year.
- Some landscapes these days have been reduced to nothing but dandelions and fire ants, knapweed and thistle, where the only remaining wildlife are sparrows, squirrels, and starlings.
- I saw one bird, a tiny sparrow darting through the gnarled pine limbs.
- Budgies, finches, sparrows and canaries are only a few of the more than one hundred kinds of birds people keep in their apartments.
- There is nothing to see except blackbirds and sparrows; nothing to hear except the noise of butterflies' wings.
- Growing up, I was fascinated by birds and my mother encouraged this by letting me feed sparrows on the fire-escape outside our window.
- While we don't have tall trees, our neighbors do, and the firs and oaks that surround our property drop acorns and provide homes for jays, woodpeckers, robins and sparrows.
- Game birds, mockingbirds, robins, and sparrows enjoy the juicy, sticky red fruits.
- Stop sparrows and finches from shredding crocus blossoms by placing foil pinwheels - the kind sold for children's Easter baskets - every few feet among the flowers.
- A couple of sparrows who had been peacefully resting on the grey rocks abruptly flew off.
2usually with modifier Any of a number of birds that resemble true sparrows in size or colour. （任何在体积或颜色方面）像麻雀的鸟类 see hedge sparrow a waxbill, in particular the Java sparrow. an American bunting (many genera in the subfamily Emberizinae, family Emberizidae).
OriginOld English spearwa, of Germanic origin. Rhymesarrow, barrow, farrow, harrow, Jarrow, marrow, narrow, taro, tarot, Varro, yarrow Definition of sparrow in US English: sparrownounˈsperōˈspɛroʊ 1A small Old World bird related to the weaverbirds, typically with brown and gray plumage. 麻雀 Family Passeridae (or Ploceidae): four genera, in particular Passer, and many species, e.g. the cosmopolitan house sparrow (P. domesticus) Example sentencesExamples - Crows and sparrows have been known to attack innocent passers-by who happen to stroll near their nests.
- An injured sparrow or a bird dressed for a dining table distresses her as much as war among nations and nuclear experiments do.
- Budgies, finches, sparrows and canaries are only a few of the more than one hundred kinds of birds people keep in their apartments.
- While we don't have tall trees, our neighbors do, and the firs and oaks that surround our property drop acorns and provide homes for jays, woodpeckers, robins and sparrows.
- All wild birds (except pigeons, English sparrows and starlings) are protected by federal and state laws, so it's illegal to trap, kill or poison them.
- He fed sparrows and grosbeaks on a seed tray mounted on a pole to be visible from his windows.
- Growing up, I was fascinated by birds and my mother encouraged this by letting me feed sparrows on the fire-escape outside our window.
- I saw one bird, a tiny sparrow darting through the gnarled pine limbs.
- One sparrow box can house up to 36 baby sparrows in a year.
- Some landscapes these days have been reduced to nothing but dandelions and fire ants, knapweed and thistle, where the only remaining wildlife are sparrows, squirrels, and starlings.
- A couple of sparrows who had been peacefully resting on the grey rocks abruptly flew off.
- Most folks start with a feeder or two and quickly find themselves engrossed with the resident sparrows, finches, and woodpeckers that eagerly accept the offerings.
- Game birds, mockingbirds, robins, and sparrows enjoy the juicy, sticky red fruits.
- There is nothing to see except blackbirds and sparrows; nothing to hear except the noise of butterflies' wings.
- Stop sparrows and finches from shredding crocus blossoms by placing foil pinwheels - the kind sold for children's Easter baskets - every few feet among the flowers.
- It was a light gray and it had a large black beak, more like a hawk's than a sparrow's.
- With a beat of her tiny brown wings, the sparrow was on her way.
- Smaller birds such as pigeons, thrushes, jackdaws, robins and sparrows would also have been seen on a regular basis.
- Everything from the modest sparrow to the extravagant scarlet macaw came to perch and settle around her.
- The branches serve as a handy perch for the sparrows and mourning doves that frequent my city bird feeder.
2Any of a number of birds that resemble true sparrows in size or color. （任何在体积或颜色方面）像麻雀的鸟类 a waxbill, in particular the Java sparrow an American bunting (many genera in the subfamily Emberizinae, family Emberizidae)
OriginOld English spearwa, of Germanic origin. |