He showed them the partridge and her chicks.

他带他们去看鹧鸪和她的孩子们。

Mother Partridge walked slowly, for the woods were full of enemies.

鹧鸪走得很慢，因为这片树林里到处都是敌人。

She fell madly in love with two teachers and several girlfriends and sent them letters describing them as " beautiful little partridges" .

她疯狂地爱上老师和几个女朋友，并给她们写信，称她们是“美丽的小鹧鸪”。

Partridges and woodpeckers were booming and knocking in the forest. Squirrels were chattering, birds singing, and overhead honked the wild-fowl driving up from the south in cunning wedges that split the air.

鹧鸪和啄木鸟在森林里咕咕地叫、笃笃地敲，松鼠在唧唧喳喳，小鸟在愉快地唱歌，来自南方的大雁排成精巧的队形划破长空、从头顶呱呱地飞过。

I am sure he will be vastly happy to oblige you, and will save all the best of the covies for you.

我相信他一定非常乐意让你来，而且会好的鹧鸪都留给你。”

After the hare, he ordered some partridges, a few pheasants, a couple of rabbits, and a dozen frogs and lizards.

吃完野兔，他又要一些鹧鸪、一点山鸡、几只家兔、一打田鸡和晰蜴。

Their humbler followers, such as partridges, have a like power of strong propulsion, but soon tire.

次于野鸭和鸽子的鸟，如鹧鸪，有相似的巨大推动力，但很快会疲劳。

You have heard the partridge say kwit-kwit.

你们听见山鹧鸪说奎— 奎。

There were twelve of them, but Mother Partridge watched them all.

们一共有12只，鹧鸪们都看管起来。

For a day at a time he would lie in the underbrush where he could watch the partridges drumming and strutting up and down.

有时候他会在灌木丛里卧上整整一天, 看着鹧鸪们咕咕叫着踱来踱去。

Soon every young partridge had swallowed so many eggs that he could eat no more.

不久，每只小鹧鸪都吃很多蚁蛋，再也吃不下。

Delighted to see a partridge beside him, the fox sprang at the bird.

看见身边有一只鹧鸪，狐狸很高兴，立马向她扑去。

" K-reet! " (Come, children! ) At once every hiding-place gave up its little baby partridge.

“咯-瑞特！”（嗨，孩子们！）小鹧鸪们立刻一个一个从藏身的地方冒出来。

The old partridge, coming to her children, picked up one of these juicy-looking eggs and clucked.

鹧鸪走到孩子们面前，捡起一颗看起来很漂亮的蛋，咯咯叫着。

Mother Partridge seemed to get stronger as the fox followed swiftly.

在狐狸迅速地追赶下，鹧鸪好像越来越强壮。

Bone marrow and nasturtium, potted woodcock, sliced sweetbreads, sea kale and oranges soaked in brandy.

骨髓和西洋花椰菜， 罐装木鹧鸪，切片牛百叶， 海 kale 和浸泡在白兰地中的橙子。 注：原文中的 " sea kale" 是一种蔬菜， 直译为“海 kale” ，但可能需要根据具体情况进行更准确的翻译或解释。

Even partridges, any living thing can be pitted against the other and bet upon.

甚至连鹧鸪这样的生物，任何生命都可以被拿来相互较量并进行赌博。

The partridges, many and various, came with all their retinue of sauces and salads, the sharp and the sweet, each in its order;their potatoes, thin as coins but not so hard;their sprouts, foliated as rosebuds but more succulent.

鹧鸪，种类繁多，配上酱汁和沙拉， 辣的和甜的，每一种都按顺序排列； 们的土豆， 薄如硬币，但不那么硬； 们的嫩芽，像玫瑰花蕾一样长着叶子， 但更鲜嫩多汁。

Fart also has a relative in Ancient Greek  and that brings us on to one of the many clandestine anal excretions buried  in our language: the word partridge.

放屁一词在古希腊语中也有一个同源词，这引出我们语言中许多隐秘的肛门排泄物之一：鹧鸪这个词。

It was actually a bird, a turtle dove, like in the Twelve Days of Christmas, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree.

那实际上是一只鸟， 一只斑鸠，就像《圣诞节十二天》里的歌词一样，三只法国母鸡， 只斑鸠，还有一只梨树上的鹧鸪。