old bird

基本解釋

Our family physician was a kind but gruff old bird, and I didn’t know what to think about him.
我們的家庭醫(yī)生是一位有著粗啞嗓音的老男人，我真說不清楚他在我心中是個什么樣的人。
The pigments preserved in fossils, including a 120 million-year-old bird, have been revealed using X-rays.
我們用X射線研究保存在化石中的色素，包括一只1200萬年前的鳥類。
For example, 100-year-old bird skins are being used today to piece together a record of avian flu, as the feathers retain traces of toxins.
例如，100年前的鳥皮如今正在被用來拼接出一個禽流感的記錄，因為羽毛中保留毒素的痕跡。

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