plover
n
any of various types of long-legged short-tailed land bird that live on marshy ground near the sea 行鸟(腿长、 尾短, 栖於近海的沼泽地). =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page v.
🗣️ 情景例句
Oh, the bet is still on, but you shop for the groceries.
打赌人仍然有效 ,但你去买菜。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
不要惹事生非。
Shortly after this the famous H. M. S. Challenger expedition established the study of the sea-floor as a subject worthy of the most qualified physicists and geologists.