An owl is a nocturnal bird, while a sparrow is diurnal.

猫头鹰是夜间活动的鸟，而麻雀白天活动。

The growth of invasive species has added to a drop in the populations of local species like the house sparrow and the white-spectacled bulbul.

入侵物种数量的增长加剧了家麻雀白眶鹎等本地物种数量的下降。

We tend to give all the publicity of the tigers and the gorillas and the giant pandas, but who cares about the minnow or the sparrow or the toad?

我们倾向于对老虎、大猩猩大熊猫进行的宣传，但谁会关心小鱼、麻雀或蟾蜍呢？

They include 'rags to riches' plots, like Cinderella… 'Defeating the monster' plots, like Dracula… … and other plots such as 'comedies', 'adventures' and 'tragedies'.

其中包括" 麻雀变凤凰" 的情节，比如《灰姑娘》… … " 打败怪物" 的情节，就像吸血鬼德… … 其他情节，如" 喜剧" 、" 冒险" " 悲剧" 。

They are very diverse — just think how different penguins, sparrows and eagles are.

具有明显地多样化——想想企鹅、麻雀鹰差距多大。

At the urging of a Lacks' cousin who was doing well for himself at Sparrow Point, Day and Henrietta moved with their babies to Turner Station, starting a new life.

在一个在麻雀角过得好的克斯表弟的敦促下，戴海瑞塔带着他们的孩子搬到特纳车站，开始了新的生活。

“No, son, that's actually a sparrow! ” says the dad.

“不，孩子，那其实是一只麻雀！”爸爸说。

Waiting without stood sparrow and crow, Cooling their feet in the melting snow.

没人等待站着的麻雀乌鸦，它们在融化的雪里凉着脚丫。

Similarly, male Savanna sparrows have to make sure their vocalizations are up to date.

简单来说，雄性草麻雀必须要确保自己的叫声是最新流行的。

" Nay, but God careth for the sparrows even, and feedeth them, " he answered.

" 不要这样，上帝连麻雀都要照顾的，上帝还养它们呢，" 他回答说。

It lives with us all the year round.

麻雀一年到头都跟我们生活在一起。

But in the UK, the most common bird is a sparrow.

但在英，最常见的鸟是麻雀。

He's brightly coloured, but about the size of a sparrow.

他颜色艳丽，但只有麻雀大小。

The songs didn't travel farther, but they were more consistent.

然而麻雀声音并没有传播得更远，只不过黎明时分麻雀的叫声更连贯。

In an experiment with over 50 bird nests of local house finches and house sparrows, the team found that nests with the cellulose from smoked cigarette butts attracted significantly fewer mites, lice, and ticks than their non-smoker counterparts.

在对50多个本地家雀家麻雀的鸟巢进行的实验中，研究小组发现，与不吸烟的鸟巢相比，使用来自烟蒂的纤维素的鸟巢所吸引的螨虫、虱子蜱虫要少得多。

The only living thing that entered now was a sparrow; and seeing no movements to cause alarm, he hopped boldly round the room, endeavoured to go out by the window, and fluttered among the pot-flowers.

而现在，走进屋子唯一的生物是一只麻雀；它见没什么动静，便大胆地在屋里四处跳跃，竭力要从窗子里飞出去，在盆栽之间扑棱棱地飞来飞去。

But little pleased was she on finding that it consisted of mince, served up in a dish so shallow that she could scarcely, with her long slender bill, pick up enough to satisfy a sparrow!

但是她快就不高兴了，因为她发现盘子里只有碎肉，她的长喙根本吃不到，而且连只麻雀都喂不饱！

It was dreadful, but she would have done it if the flock of draggle–tailed sparrows on the hedge had been human beings, for she was very far gone indeed, and quite regardless of everything but her own happiness.

真是太不像话了，可是即使那一群栖息在树篱上的拖尾巴麻雀是人的话，她也会这么做的，因为她已深深地陶醉了，除了自己的幸福，完全顾不上其他事情了。

The breaking of a twig echoed loudly and the tiniest rustle of movement, even though it might have been made by an innocent sparrow, caused Harry to peer through the gloom for a culprit.

一根细树枝折断的声音回响着，还有什么东西移动时发生了轻微的沙沙声，尽管那也许是一只不会带来任何伤害的麻雀发出的，也会使哈利在黑暗中仔细张望，看看是不是有什么坏人。

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子的巢窠，里面有四只羽翼未丰的小燕子。