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词汇 birdlike
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Definition of birdlike in English:

birdlike

adjectiveˈbəːdlʌɪkˈbərdlaɪk
  • Resembling a bird in appearance or behaviour.

    a mythical birdlike creature
    he had a birdlike face with a beakish nose
    she was birdlike and frail
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Several different groups of bird-like dinosaurs had evolved.
    • A pretty bird-like woman whose daughter resembled her, she looked precise and almost dapper in a chocolate-coloured pencil skirt and flowing blouse.
    • Just then, from the sky, a huge bird-like creature swoops down.
    • The enigmatic pilferer was working to retrieve his family's sacred book The Thievius Raccoonus, stolen by the dastardly mechanical Clockwerk, a bird-like villain who did away with Sly's parents when he was young.
    • I always prefer this to apple pie, which has too much fruit and pastry for my bird-like appetite.
    • He tilted his head to one side in an almost bird-like manner.
    • With bird-like grace her tiny hands spread over the instrument, ringing the strangest mix of classical, traditional, and indie.
    • The heart-wrenching transmutation of a once calm but stern voice into an almost bird-like cry of despair infected the surrounding cages like an air-borne virus.
    • Her voice is quavery and bird-like, soft, fragile, and attractive.
    • A small, bird-like woman, in later years troubled by failing eyesight and arthritis, she was renowned for her piety, sponsoring the publication of devotional literature.
    • He depicted two mysterious, bird-like figures in brown and black and bits of red.
    • Her voice was bird-like, the trill of a mockingbird, ever changing, ever shifting.
    • A bird-like shriek caught her attention.
    • The shuffling enigma, head occasionally cocked in bird-like inquisitiveness, befriends his fellow patients to mesmerising and medically undefinable effect.
    • On the second track, there is actually what appears to be a loop of a bird-like electronic chirping.
    • She retains the curve to suggest, in combination with her bird-like gaze, a charming whimsicality.
    • Clutched loosely with one bird-like hand, was a massive scythe.
    • He is an outwardly jaunty, bird-like figure haunted by the loss of his wife, Jessie.
    • He finds a large bird-like creature.
    • From the start he felt separated from other children by the scars that disfigured his bird-like face.

Definition of birdlike in US English:

birdlike

adjectiveˈbərdlaɪkˈbərdlīk
  • Resembling a bird in appearance or behavior.

    a mythical birdlike creature
    he had a birdlike face with a beakish nose
    she was birdlike and frail
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He is an outwardly jaunty, bird-like figure haunted by the loss of his wife, Jessie.
    • A bird-like shriek caught her attention.
    • A pretty bird-like woman whose daughter resembled her, she looked precise and almost dapper in a chocolate-coloured pencil skirt and flowing blouse.
    • The heart-wrenching transmutation of a once calm but stern voice into an almost bird-like cry of despair infected the surrounding cages like an air-borne virus.
    • Several different groups of bird-like dinosaurs had evolved.
    • I always prefer this to apple pie, which has too much fruit and pastry for my bird-like appetite.
    • The enigmatic pilferer was working to retrieve his family's sacred book The Thievius Raccoonus, stolen by the dastardly mechanical Clockwerk, a bird-like villain who did away with Sly's parents when he was young.
    • She retains the curve to suggest, in combination with her bird-like gaze, a charming whimsicality.
    • Her voice is quavery and bird-like, soft, fragile, and attractive.
    • Her voice was bird-like, the trill of a mockingbird, ever changing, ever shifting.
    • Just then, from the sky, a huge bird-like creature swoops down.
    • On the second track, there is actually what appears to be a loop of a bird-like electronic chirping.
    • He depicted two mysterious, bird-like figures in brown and black and bits of red.
    • From the start he felt separated from other children by the scars that disfigured his bird-like face.
    • He finds a large bird-like creature.
    • Clutched loosely with one bird-like hand, was a massive scythe.
    • The shuffling enigma, head occasionally cocked in bird-like inquisitiveness, befriends his fellow patients to mesmerising and medically undefinable effect.
    • A small, bird-like woman, in later years troubled by failing eyesight and arthritis, she was renowned for her piety, sponsoring the publication of devotional literature.
    • With bird-like grace her tiny hands spread over the instrument, ringing the strangest mix of classical, traditional, and indie.
    • He tilted his head to one side in an almost bird-like manner.
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