An egret is a long-legged bird that lives near water — a kind of heron, most often white, with a long neck and a long beak for fishing in shallow water.

An egret白鷺 is是 that lives near water住在水邊的 a long-legged bird長腳鳥 a kind of heron是鷺科的一種 most often white通常是白色 with a long neck有長長的脖子 and a long beak和長長的嘴 for fishing in shallow water用來在淺水裡抓魚

You see them standing still in rice fields, river mouths, and wetlands, then striking fast.

You see them你會看到牠們 standing still靜靜站著 in rice fields在稻田 river mouths河口 and wetlands和濕地 then然後 striking fast突然快速出擊

In the breeding season many egrets grow long, fine plumes, and people once hunted them for those feathers. Though actually, not every egret is white, and the tidy picture of long white tail feathers is a little loose: the famous plumes sit more on the back than on the tail.

In the breeding season在繁殖季 many egrets許多白鷺 grow long, fine plumes會長出細長的羽毛 and而 people once人們曾經 for those feathers為了那些羽毛 hunted them獵捕牠們 Though actually不過其實 not every egret is white不是每隻白鷺都是白色的 and the tidy picture of long white tail feathers而長長白色尾羽這個整齊的畫面 is a little loose也有點不準 the famous plumes那些有名的羽毛 sit more on the back比較長在背上 than on the tail而不是在尾巴上

If you picture a tall white heron in a paddy field, you have the right bird.

If you picture如果你想像 a tall white heron一隻高高的白色鷺鳥 in a paddy field站在稻田裡 you have the right bird那你想的就是對的鳥

Egret and aigrette (a spray of feathers worn as jewellery) are the same old word that later split in two.

Egret白鷺 and和 aigrette (a spray of feathers worn as jewellery)aigrette（也就是當首飾戴的一束羽毛） are the same old word本來是同一個古字 that later split in two後來分裂成了兩個字