Dragonflies and swallows and nighthawks seine the air where the minute winged creatures flit out their minute life spans.

蜻蜓、燕和夜鹰在天空中像围网似地捕食，而极小的有翼动物在空中轻快地飞来飞去，顷刻间其想暂的生命便结束了。

And now it seemed as if the swift and daring Swallow had set a bad example for the other goats.

看起来敏捷而大胆的燕好像给其他的山羊树立了一个不好的榜样。

Birds sing happily in the trees and swallows fly back.

鸟儿在树上欢歌，燕飞回来了。

From early spring, one of these windows is always left open to let the swallows come and go freely.

春起，一扇窗便为了方便燕自由往返穿飞而敞开着。

Who told you to investigate Sparrow? Talk!

谁叫你审问小燕的？说！

The bird's lights blink on and off.

这个燕标志一闪一闪的。

In the early evening, the air was filled with graceful swallows.

初暮时，空中飞满了体态幽雅的燕。

If you want to know exactly where Egypt is, I suggest you ask a swallow.

如果你想了解埃及的详细位置，我建议你问一只燕。

The same is true of individual species such as the garden warbler, bullfinch and swallow.

相同的情况也适用于个别物种，如园林莺、红腹灰雀、燕。

It was the kind of barn that swallows like to build their nests in.

它是燕喜欢筑巢的那种谷仓。

European settlement took hold in 1776 with the construction of Mission San Juan Capistrano.

1776年，很多欧洲移民来到此地，并兴建了燕教堂 (Mission San Juan Capistrano)。

Swallows are flocking together to fly south.

燕正群集准备一起飞向南方。

Then the whole family flew away together.

接着整个燕家庭一起飞走了。

Flocks of swallows, finches, and countless other birds feast on grass seeds and insects.

成群的燕、雀类和无数其他鸟类以草籽和昆虫为食。

I'm glad you came along, Li. It's a very British hobby. We love nature and the different species of birds. That one, for example, is a swallow.

我也很高兴你和我一起来。这是一个英国人的传统爱好。我们喜欢大自然，喜欢不同种类的鸟。比如，那只是燕。

The jessamine clambers in flowers o'er the thatch, And the swallow chirps sweet from her nest in the wall; All trembling with transport, he raises the latch, And the voices of loved ones reply to his call.

茉莉花树，越过颓圮屋顶，燕唧啾，筑巢不再飘零，惊喜若狂中，他推开门闩，游归来，父母的熟悉身影。

First, a dove comes back, because there was no place to perch, then the swallow returns, finally he sends out a raven, and when it doesn't return, he knows dry land is out there...somewhere.

首先，一只鸽回来了，因为没有地方栖息，然后燕回来了，最后他派出一只乌鸦，当乌鸦没有回来时，他知道干燥的土地就在......某个地方。

" Do you know, " Peter asked " why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories. O Wendy, your mother was telling you such a lovely story" .

" 你知道吗，" 彼得问，" 燕为什么要在屋檐下垒窝？ 就是为了听故事呀。 哦，温迪，你妈妈给你讲的那个故事真好听啊。"

Four brothers had watched with indignation the felonious attempts of a sparrow to possess himself of the nest of a house martin, in which lay its young brood of four unfledged birds.

四兄弟愤怒地看到一只麻雀试图夺取一只燕的巢窠，里面有四只羽翼未丰的小燕。

So yes, that means sometimes using repetitive word choices, or long, winding sentences, and also just leaving yourself notes like [FUTURE ME: look up the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow].

因此，是的，这意味着有时会使用重复的选词，或冗长的句，也会给自己留下注释，比如【未来的我：查找空载燕的空速】。