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 beak [bi:k]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 鸟嘴, 喙

[医] 嘴, 喙


  1. This parrot has a red beak.
    这只鹦鹉的嘴是红色的。
  2. The male's orange beak differentiates it from the female.
    那种鸟雄鸟的喙呈橙色, 与雌鸟不同.
  3. The male is distinguished (from the female) by its red beak.
    由喙部为红色这一特点可以辨认出其为雄性(以区别於雌性).


beak
[ noun ]
  1. beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)

  2. <noun.animal>
  3. horny projecting mouth of a bird

  4. <noun.animal>
  5. a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures

  6. <noun.plant>
  7. informal terms for the nose

  8. <noun.body>
[ verb ]
  1. hit lightly with a picking motion

  2. <verb.contact> peck pick


Beak \Beak\ (b[=e]k), n. [OE. bek, F. bec, fr. Celtic; cf. Gael.
& Ir. bac, bacc, hook, W. bach.]
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny
sheath, covering the jaws. The form varies much
according to the food and habits of the bird, and is
largely used in the classification of birds.
(b) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.
(c) The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and
other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
(d) The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the
hinge of a bivalve.
(e) The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing
the canal.

2. Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as
a promontory of land. --Carew.

3. (Antiq.) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal
head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient
galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a
beakhead.

4. (Naut.) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which
is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.

5. (Arch.) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris
or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water
is thrown off.

6. (Bot.) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird,
terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.

7. (Far.) A toe clip. See {Clip}, n. (Far.).

8. A magistrate or policeman. [Slang, Eng.]

Clip \Clip\, n.
1. An embrace. --Sir P. Sidney.

2. A cutting; a shearing.

3. The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop
of wool.

4. A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.

5. An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron
strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree. --Knight.

6. (Far.) A projecting flange on the upper edge of a
horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of
the hoof; -- called also {toe clip} and {beak}. --Youatt.

7. A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.
[Colloq. U. S.]

8. (Mach.) A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing,
clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

9. (Angling) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in
salmon fishing. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

10. A rapid gait. ``A three-minute clip.'' --Kipling.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  1. The presidential pact was a feather in Whalen's cap, but no big deal for his Whistling Wings Inc., beak broker to the world.
  2. The chick began using its lungs for the first time Sunday after it pushed its beak into an air pocket at the egg's narrow end, and could begin pecking through the blue-green shell at any time, he said.
  3. The birds, which have a wingspan of about 9 feet, are dark reddish-brown with a curved beak.
  4. The idea is to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, a day on which many lads in New York, to the disgust of the real Irish, drink themselves into a terrible state, punch each other in the beak and also turn green.
  5. The new design retains the shape of a sleek bird with a downturned beak, which many aircraft aficionados call the world's most beautiful high-flying silhouette.
  6. A large gym bag containing the parrot's body was taken along with a bag containing the mascot's trademark head with its huge beak and buccaneer hat.
  7. I refused and wound up as one of the four villains." "Now,people remember this beak," he said.
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