chiffchaff
noun [ C ] uk/ˈtʃɪf.tʃæf/ us/ˈtʃɪf.tʃæf/
棕柳莺
a small green-brown bird that is a type of warbler
In the trees overhead a number of chiffchaffs were performing their unmistakable two-note song. 头顶的树上，许多棕柳莺正高声欢唱着特有的双音符小调。
The ravines are alive with warblers, including the chiffchaff and willow warbler. 山沟里生活着许多莺雀，包括棕柳莺和柳莺。
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- We stood beneath the trees and heard our first chiffchaff of the year: "Chiff-chaff-chiff-chaff-chiff-chiff-chaff."
- In recent years the winters there have been so warm that many chiffchaffs no longer migrate.
- In contrast to the chiffchaff 's repetitive, rather tuneless ditty, the willow warbler sings a musical, plaintive tune.
- They saw a variety of birds, such as swallows, skylarks and chiffchaffs.