shearwater
n. 海鸥;海鸥类飞鸟
例句
I banked left, then right-more of a pigeon than a sooty shearwater but flying all the same.
我时而向左,时而向右——感觉更像一只鸽子而不是黑色的海鸥,但飞起来的感觉都是一样的。
I was asked about the identification of Bulwer's Petrel vs. dark morph Wedge-tailed Shearwater whilst in Keelung, and can understand why.
我在基隆演讲时被问到了如何分辨穴鸟与长尾水剃暗色型,而且我可以理解为什么。
One's ears are more attuned to sounds in the darker hours – the very occasional shriek of a shearwater, the other sounds with no known cause.
在黑暗中,人的耳朵会对声音更敏感——偶尔有海鸥发出尖利的叫声,还有各种来路不明的声音。