单词 | hedge sparrow |
例句 | There is an understated humour in the poem which brings the world of the hedge sparrows, and indeed ourselves, into sharp focus. Richard Price poem to represent Team GB in Cultural Olympiad project 2012-07-26T14:22:47Z Mr. Attenborough recounts a particularly delicious example from his 1998 series, “The Life of Birds,” one that revealed shocking moral corruption among hedge sparrows. | ‘Attenborough’s Life Stories’: ‘Attenborough’s Life Stories,’ on ‘Nature’ on PBS 2013-01-22T22:01:06Z Once called the hedge sparrow, the dunnock is dark greyish-purple and brown, with a thin bill. Name that song - it's the perfect time to learn to identify birds 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Stephen Moss unveils the often surprising roots of avian etymology and offers insight into fierce, long-standing debates such as that over Prunella modularis, variously known as the dunnock and hedge sparrow. Newton’s opus revisited, bodily surprises and the secret lives of dogs: New in paperback 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z The dunnock, known to some as the hedge sparrow, is a European bird. Birds choose where to live based on their personalities 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Titmouse is not a mouse, but a little hedge sparrow. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference I ran to the spot; the hawk of course made off, but there was nothing in the bush save a hedge sparrow, which had probably attracted him, but which he had not succeeded in getting. Nature Near London The sons of noblemen and wealthy gentlemen, who in this as in many other instances, have treated those for whose benefit the school was founded, as the young cuckoo treats the hedge sparrow. Rides on Railways As is the youthful cuckoo in the nest of the hedge sparrow, so was Louisa Taylor to the authors of her being.—Mrs. Deadham Hard For you trow, nuncle, The hedge sparrow fed the cuckoo so long, That it had its head bit off by its young. Characters of Shakespeare's Plays A shawl all gauze and gold, flounced like a petticoat; a bonnet so small, and red feather so enormous and all-predominant, that a peacock seemed to be sitting on a hedge sparrow's nest. A Woman-Hater |
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