单词：coveys
(covey 的复数) n. (一)群, 一队
plural of covey
n. a small collection of people
n. a small flock of grouse or partridge
n. a small collection of people
n. a small flock of grouse or partridge
covey的用法和样例：
例句
用作名词(n.)
- My clumsiness flushed a covey of doves from their nest.我笨拙的动作惊飞了一群窝里的鸽子。
- The early silence was broken only by the calls of a covey of quail crossing the lawn.只有草坪上飘来的几声鹌鹑的啼鸣打破清晨的寂静。
- Outside the brush house in the tuna clump, a covey of little birds chattered and flurried with their wings.在茅屋外面的霸王树丛中，一群小鸟一面嘁嘁喳喳地叫着，一面拍打着翅膀。
经典引文
Coveys of nursemaids pushed perambulators.
出自：V. Woolf
【近义词】
- nest巢