我们在一家名为“火烈鸟”的酒吧相遇。
火烈鸟可以单腿站立睡觉。
喂,约翰,我看见你的断腿火烈鸟了!
“很对,”公爵夫人说,“火烈鸟和芥末都咬人。”
"Very true," said the Duchess, "flamingoes and mustard both bite."
另一条腿仍然靠近火烈鸟的身体。
然而,火烈鸟是唯一真正能在那样的死亡中途生存的物种。
Flamingos, however, are the only species that actually makes life in the midst of all that death.
火烈鸟实际上是唯一生活在这整片死亡之地中的物种。
Flamingos are the only species that actually makes life in the midst of all that death.
近年来,许多时装设计师在他们的设计中加入了火烈鸟。
Many fashion designers have included flamingos in their designs in recent years.
每隔三四年,条件适宜时,湖面上就会布满火烈鸟,它们停止飞行开始繁殖。
Once every three or four years, when conditions are right, the lake is covered with the pink birds as they stop flight to breed.
莱斯特大学教授戴维·哈珀表示:“火烈鸟的腿上已经进化出了非常坚韧的皮肤,这样它们就可以忍受盐水。”
"Flamingos have evolved very leathery skin on their legs so they can tolerate the salt water," says David Harper, a professor at the University of Leicester.
附近的一幢二层楼颤巍巍地倚在一根柱子上,像一只四四方方的火烈鸟。
The second story of a nearby house perches on a single pillar, like a boxy flamingo.
红鹮和火烈鸟一样,吃一些甲壳类动物,在体内生成胡萝卜素,就形成了它鲜艳的颜色。
The scarlet ibis, like the flamingo, gains its vibrant color from carotene derived from a diet of crustaceans.
今年到目前为止,水位高到火烈鸟无法筑巢。
So far this year, water levels have been too high for the flamingos to nest.
目前该岛是世界上为数不多的小火烈鸟繁殖基地之一。
Now, the island is one of only a handful of lesser flamingo breeding colonies in the world.
火烈鸟是凤凰翼兽科中唯一的成员。
Flamingos are the only members of the family Phoenicopteridae.
他们注意到,每一只火烈鸟用脸摩擦尾羽,然后再将这种颜料抹在颈部,背部和胸部的羽毛上。
They noted that each bird rubbed its cheek against its preen gland and then onto its neck, back and breast feathers.
这是一只火烈鸟。
我把书翻到了火烈鸟。
附近的一幢二层楼颤巍巍的倚在一根柱子上,像盒子式的火烈鸟。
The second storey of a nearby house perches on a single pillar, like a boxy flamingo.
墨西哥湾的尤卡坦半岛,一群迁移的火烈鸟采取了古里古怪的形状。
A shifting flock of flamingos assumes a whimsical shape in the Gulf of Mexico.
他想了想,觉得这个赌法很安全。我把书翻到了火烈鸟。亨利笑了。
He thinks it over and decides this would bea safe bet. I open the book to Flamingo. Henry laughs.
德国汉堡市的哈根·贝克动物园内,一只火烈鸟站立在冰雪覆盖的围栏内。
A flamingo is seen in the snow-covered outdoor enclosure of the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany.
在野猪、火烈鸟、野山羊和孔雀各自的畜栏边上,约有500只的鬣蜥在树上和小路上漫步;犀鸟和蜘蛛猴都关在笼子里。
Some 500 iguanas roam trees and pathways near corrals for peccaries, flamingos, mountain goats and peacocks. Cages house toucans and spider monkeys.
火烈鸟就食的湖泊遍及非洲。
安地斯山还生存着许多的鸟类比如火烈鸟、安地斯山的神鹰,和蜂鸟。
The Andes Mountains supply many birds with homes like the Flamingo, Andean Flicker, the Condor, and the Hillstar Hummingbird.
火烈鸟聚集在希腊南部拉夫·普里欧新基奥斯的沿岸,休整觅食。
Flamingos gather on the coast of Nea Kios, in Nafplio, southern Greece.
火烈鸟的求偶舞是大自然最奇怪的景象之一。
One of the strangest sights in nature is the courtship dance of the lesser flamingo.
画面显示,一只饥饿的土狼在湖面上奋力追逐一群粉红色的火烈鸟,将一只试图飞起来的火烈鸟从空中拽下。
The photos show the hungry predator chasing the fleeing pink birds on a lake and plucking one unlucky bird straight from the air as it desperately tries to take flight.
画面显示,一只饥饿的土狼在湖面上奋力追逐一群粉红色的火烈鸟,将一只试图飞起来的火烈鸟从空中拽下。
The photos show the hungry predator chasing the fleeing pink birds on a lake and plucking one unlucky bird straight from the air as it desperately tries to take flight.
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