喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ˈmɑːrtn/ · /ˈmɑːtɪn/燕子（毛腳燕類）

    A small bird like a swallow, with a short tail, that catches insects while flying.

    that catches insects while flying一邊飛一邊捉昆蟲的 with a short forked tail有短短叉狀尾巴的 A small bird like a swallow像燕子的一種小鳥

    示範例句 · Example

    A martin built a small mud nest under the roof of our house.

    逐字一隻毛腳燕在我們房子的屋頂下築了一個小小的泥巢。

    「martin」是一種小鳥，長得很像 swallow（燕子），尾巴短短的、開叉。牠們在空中一邊飛一邊抓小蟲吃，常在房子屋簷下築泥巢。中文沒有單一對應的名字，常譯作「毛腳燕」或籠統說「燕子的一種」。

    常見搭配

    • house martin

      白腹毛腳燕

      a martin that nests on buildings

      House martins often build their nests under the edge of a roof.

    • sand martin

      灰沙燕

      a martin that nests in holes in sandy banks

      Sand martins dig holes in the riverbank to make their nests.

    意思相近

    swallowhouse martinsand martin

core核心畫面

You can picture a martin as a small swallow-like bird with a short tail, swooping through the air to catch insects on the wing. There is just one meaning here: the bird itself.

可以把 martin 想成一種像燕子的小鳥，尾巴短短的、分岔，在空中俯衝穿梭、邊飛邊抓蟲子。這個字就只有一個意思：這種鳥本身。

複數 martins

意思相近

swallowhouse martinsand martin

原始詞典資料30 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Martinname/ˈmɑː.tɪn/

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    A male given name from Latin originally given in honor of a fourth century soldier-saint.

    • Expect Saint Martin's summer, halcyon days, / Since I have entered into these wars.
    • Luther was not born in the year 1483, but in 84; and not on the 22nd day of October, but on the 10th of November, the eve of Martinmas day, from whence he had the name of Martin. - - - Now you see, brother Toby, he would say, looking up, "that christian names are not such indifferent things;" - Had Luther here been called by any other name but Martin, he would have been damned to all eternity - Not that I look upon Martin, he would add, as a good name - far from it - 'tis something better than a neutral, and but a little - yet little as it is, you see it was of some service to him.
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    A surname.

    • It all started when Nick Farmer bought George R. R. Martin a drink, but the plot really thickened when the linguist met Martin’s then-assistant Ty Franck.
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martinnoun詞源 1/ˈmɑː.tɪn/

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    Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.

    • Roof-haunting martins warm their eggs: / In these, in those the life is stay’d.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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