| 单词 | wood pigeon |
| 例句 | Once there was an article on wood pigeons, and as I read it aloud it seemed to me that once again I was in the deep woods at Manderley, with pigeons fluttering above my head. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z A blackbird called one or two deep, slow notes and was followed by a wood pigeon. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The echoes came back in waves, like a pebble rolling round a box, and from the wood across the river came the clattering of wood pigeons’ wings among the branches. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not quite so big,” admitted Bigwig, “but bigger than a wood pigeon: and a lot fiercer.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A wood pigeon was calling in the elms. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw nothing but a flock of wood pigeons swirling high above some ways beyond where we were. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z While I saw birds aplenty, heard them too—wood pigeons, cuckoos, thrushes—I wondered if England had no human souls. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z For some time all three moved on quietly over the grass, while the shadows grew stronger and the wood pigeons clattered among the distant trees. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z How strange that an article on wood pigeons could so recall the past and make me falter as I read aloud. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Among the trees the wood pigeons called drowsily and from time to time a late cuckoo stammered. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z From the viewpoint of the wood pigeons, their life is no tragedy. To Be a Bird 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z The wood pigeons did not only lose all their young that first spring; they exposed themselves to the same danger again, not just once but three times over, in each case with open eyes. To Be a Bird 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Here he is reading aloud Kezia’s description of making a gravy for baked wood pigeon: Review of ‘Care and Management of Lies’: In the trenches of the human spirit at wartime But the dishes on offer were "absolutely not" the fruits of the company's labours, said Cross quickly — the burgers were of finest wood pigeon, while the bugs had all been farmed specifically for human consumption. Grub's up: maggots and crickets on menu at Britain's first 'pestaurant' 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z More recently, there were a few deep-red slices of wild wood pigeon, brought in from Scotland; a very fine thing on a chilly, windy fall night. At Aska, a Nordic Chef’s Vision Bears Fruit (and Lichens) 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z When I wake, it is to the sound of wood pigeons, and piano practice, and Sunday church bells. I flew to Greece and began solo IVF. Then the world shut down 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z Try the wood pigeon breasts with curried brussels sprout puree and stuffing. Twenty-five years of the gastropub – a revolution that saved British boozers 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z A friend of mine has wood pigeons who build a nest, lay eggs, have chicks, and there’s a hawk that comes and takes them. “The Duty of Literature Is to Fight Fiction” 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z They make a stab at recreating it before also tackling partridge, wood pigeon and Aylesbury duckling, which they give an Indian makeover. TV highlights 01/04/2013 2013-04-01T05:59:02Z Some of which – the budget wood pigeon, for example – fall foul of Danielle's personal ethics. SuperScrimpers: Spring Clean; Motor Morphers – TV review 2013-05-07T06:00:08Z I also see kereru, New Zealand’s large native wood pigeons, calling to each other. Mystic river: Canoeing a living entity in New Zealand 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Some of these are imported, like wild wood pigeon from Scotland. Top New York Restaurants of 2016 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Species that, decades ago, were rarely seen in gardens - like goldfinches and wood pigeons - are now regular visitors. Does feeding garden birds do more harm than good? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z In 2017, he tweeted: “To all you NG fanboys, I can and will sing any song he wrote bigger, better than him, even if I was kicked in the bollox by a wood pigeon.” Cigarettes, alcohol and a 5am jog: how to become Liam Gallagher 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z In February it challenged the general licences that allow farmers to shoot birds including wood pigeons, jackdaws and magpies that damage crops or attack livestock. Dead crows hung from TV presenter's gate 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z At time of writing the endangered Kea was the front-runner with more than 6,000 votes, while the Kererū – a native New Zealand wood pigeon – was coming second with around 3,000. Kea or Kākāriki? Bird of the Year contest gets New Zealand in a flap 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Believed to be descended from common wood pigeons, the Trocaz pigeon found a niche on the island with few predators, no humans and little direct competition. ‘Guardian of the forest’ routinely culled in Madeira 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z These included the buzzard, magpie, jackdaw and wood pigeon. Loft insulation 'aids bird decline' 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z "From birth we are used to hearing birds singing, wood pigeons coo-ing and other sounds. "But here in the UK, we are not used to hearing macaws or parrots making their noise. Howling huskies and macaws next door 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z The wood pigeon, not always a favourite in gardens because of the amount they eat, was the fifth most recorded bird. Top British garden birds revealed 2014-03-27T13:14:53Z The wood pigeon, not always a favourite in gardens due to their big appetites, was the fifth most recorded bird. Top British garden birds revealed 2014-03-27T00:12:29Z The only bird whose song was identified by more than half was the wood pigeon. Can you tell a bird from its song? 2014-01-13T16:03:37Z The population of cormorants is far lower than wood pigeons, which are almost in their millions. Anglers vs 'the Black Death': cormorants have the edge in battle of the riverbanks 2012-08-11T14:53:56Z It is in all probability but the mournful croodling of some wood pigeon. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z The air was full of the deeply preoccupied hum of insects, and the interminable monologue of a wood pigeon; I felt as if I ought to apologise for my intrusion. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z The rabbits scattered at his approach; now and then a wood pigeon rose into the air, with a tremendous clatter. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Presently a wood pigeon coos in the distance. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z And now immense flocks of wood pigeons flutter in the trees or pick up the food from beneath. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Where peas or other favourite grain is sown, wood pigeons and tame pigeons immediately congregate. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z The tropical bird and the wood pigeon had as much likeness in every thing else. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z Porphyry asserts that the wood pigeon was sacred to her and that she was the same as Maia, or the great mother, who is usually claimed as the parent of the Arkite god Mercury. The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites 2011-01-28T03:00:23.447Z Close by among the rushes a wood pigeon stirred in its sleep and cooed, and the river at the foot of the house-boat step yawned like a bath of silver, pale and cold. Love's Usuries The oak above my head is a murmurous haunt of summer wings, and wood pigeons coo from the beeches. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Then Gerda repeated her story over again, while the wood pigeons in the cage over her cooed, and the other pigeons slept. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series Ay, and they be as fond o' each other as two wood pigeons. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III The shadow of a thrush crossed the carpet; from the deepest wells of silence the wood pigeon drew its bubble of sound. Monday or Tuesday They scorned any but the hardest shots—the bright eye of a squirrel above a hickory limb fifty yards off or the downy form of a wood pigeon preening in a tree top. The Black Buccaneer An ant dropped into the water; a wood pigeon took pity of her and threw her a little bough.—L'Estrange. The Wide, Wide World "There sit the wood pigeons," continued she, pointing to a number of laths and a cage which had been fixed into the walls, near one of the openings. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series By and bye a wood pigeon cooed softly somewhere in the shadows, and a brown thrush perched on a bare oak bough began to sing. Hawtrey's Deputy Alice laughed, a clear laugh that mingled musically with the call of a wood pigeon in the green dimness above. Lorimer of the Northwest Many mechanical calls for wood pigeons, curfews, and other birds are made. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. By and by a wood pigeon cooed softly somewhere in the shadows, and a brown thrush perched on a bare oak bough began to sing. Masters of the Wheat-Lands Cockatoos, wood pigeons, lories, and black-birds, somewhat larger than those of Europe, abounded in the woods. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Certain wood pigeons of low morality had been attacking our gooseberry bushes. Lalage's Lovers The deer were too wild to allow of our getting near them; so I was obliged to content myself with shooting wood pigeons, which were very plentiful. Diary in America, Series One Occasionally he had used it in shooting at wood pigeons. From Place to Place This fable gave rise to a proverb, “As the wood pigeon said to the magpie: ‘I know.’” Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales I also found a kind of wild pigeon, which builds, not as wood pigeons do, in trees, but in holes of the rocks. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric He displayed no interest whatever in the destruction of the wood pigeons, although his garden must have suffered quite as much as ours. Lalage's Lovers He could make little cages out of rushes for the grasshoppers to sing in, and he knew where the wood pigeon built her nest. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs In the morning Gerda told her all that the wood pigeons had said, and the little robber girl looked quite solemn, but she nodded her head and said, 'No matter, no matter! Stories from Hans Andersen It is believed that when wood pigeons are seen in large flocks it is a sign of foul weather. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Then as two wood pigeons flew by she clapped her hands gently together and cried: "Here's my mate, Swift Wings, wish us happiness." The Princess Pocahontas The wood pigeons begin to come home, and the wood is filled with their hollow notes: now here, now yonder, for as one ceases another takes it up. The Amateur Poacher There are some wood pigeons and two species of doves, and the marshy places are frequented by a few water hens; but neither wild geese nor ducks are known in the island. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 The ospreys and the wood pigeons used to build in it, the blue raven and even the black stork! Stories from Hans Andersen Of course, the language of the wood pigeon is always the language of the people amongst whom he lives. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales In the city and the open, Man has built or tilled the land; But the home of the wood pigeon Bears the touch of God's own hand. Voices for the Speechless Another aspect of man's aggressions against nature is the wanton destruction of wildlife—like the American bison and the wood pigeon. Civilization and Beyond Learning from History "Tell me now, if you please, Merula," said Axius, "what I should know of raising and fattening poultry and wood pigeons, then we can proceed to the discussion of the remainder of our programme." Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro So Gerda told her all about it again, and the wood pigeons cooed up in their cage above them; the other pigeons were asleep. Stories from Hans Andersen The wood pigeon makes an untidy nest, consisting of a few bits of twigs placed one on the other without much care. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales From the copse on the warmer days comes occasionally the deep hollow bass of the wood pigeon. Hodge and His Masters Now and then they heard a wood pigeon brooding over its own sweet voice, or saw, deep in the rustling fern, the burnished breast of the pheasant. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories These birds readily habituated themselves to their new abode, and returned there each evening, showing a greater propensity to domestication than the wood pigeons, their congeners, which do not breed except in a savage state. The Mysterious Island It embraces turtle doves of many species, wood pigeons, ground pigeons, fruit pigeons and some strange forms like the great crowned pigeon of Victoria. Concerning Animals and Other Matters Tame pigeons are larger than wild pigeons, but not so large as the wood pigeon. Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby And the birds of the woodland sang in every bush and thicket; and, anon, the wood pigeon cooed so softly that the heart of Percival yearned with great passion for he knew not what. The Story of the Champions of the Round Table There are three species taken in the traps: the wood pigeon, the ringed wood pigeon, and the wild dove. Twixt France and Spain Larks sang high up in the sky, wood pigeons cooed around, nightingales, thrushes, every bird of the wood seemed to be trying to make music and melody. Under the Storm A wood pigeon alighted on a branch close by, and sat preening her radiant plumage in a bath of golden sunlight. Station Amusements in New Zealand But when the maiden started off with the basket on her arm, the wood pigeons had eaten up the peas, and she did not know which way to go. The Pink Fairy Book Now from the meadow floods the wild duck clamours, Now the wood pigeon wings a rapid flight, Now the homeward rookery follows up its vanguard, And the valley mists are curling up the hills. Poems — Volume 1 |
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