wren

英 [ren]

美 [ren]

n. 鹪鹩(形小，浅褐色)

复数：wrens　

Collins.1 / BNC.16089 / COCA.21349

牛津词典

noun

noun

any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails
Synonym:jenny wren

Four Larks and a Wren.
一只蒙鸠，四只百灵。
Ha! said Wren. Think I'd trust you?
“哈！”雷恩说，“你以为我会相信你？”
Wren's had a nightmare, and we're all going to die for it.
瑞文女士在发疯，我们都会被她弄死的。
Common American wren that nests around houses.
在民居周围筑巢的普通美国鹪鹩。
Short-tailed bird resembling a wren.
与鹪鹩形似但短尾的鸟。
Unfortunately his latest squeeze, known as wren, is a video artist.
然而不幸的是，他最近结识的女子雷恩却是一位视频艺术家。
Small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows.
栖息在潮湿的莎草地带的美洲小鹪鹩。
At last one morning I spotted a rusty oval-shaped bird with the characteristic long beak of a wren and that tipped-up tail.
终于在一天早上，我察觉到了一只褐色卵石状的鸟，长着很有特色如鹪鹩般的长嘴和翘起的尾巴。
Meanwhile, in spite of wrangling committees and money shortages, St Paul's rose, with Wren holding fast, as they had at Chartres, to Plato and geometry.
与此同时，尽管委员会之间争吵不休，资金匮乏，圣保罗还是矗立了起来，就像当初的沙特尔一般，雷恩依旧忠于柏拉图和几何对称。
To tell the truth, a wren needs only a twig to build its nest in the forest;
老实说，鹪鹩在森林中筑巢，它只需要一根小树枝就够了；