peafowl

基本解释

Peafowl fly well despite their size, and roost in trees at night.
孔雀不管大小，都善于飞行，晚上在树上栖息。
Dakin and Montgomerie have now found similar results in two peafowl populations in Canada and one in the United States.
Dakin和Montgomerie在对两个加拿大的孔雀种群和一个美国的孔雀种群的研究中也发现了相似的结果。
A panda in a zoo in Wuhan has killed a Blue Peafowl, a large and brightly colored bird. This is the first time for several years such an accident has happened, Changjiang Daily reported.
据《长江日报》报道，近日，武汉动物园一只大熊猫咬死了一只蓝孔雀，这是近年来首次出现的意外情况。
www.chinadaily.com.cn

a large bird, the male of which has very long tail feathers that it can spread out to show bright colours and patterns

either of two large pheasants, Pavo cristatus (blue peafowl) of India and Ceylon and P. muticus (green peafowl) of SE Asia. The males (peacocks) have a characteristic bright plumage &rarrsee peacock