terns在中文中有‘三个一组、的复数形式’的意思，还有燕鸥的意思，单词读音音标为[t?:nz]，terns常被用作名词，在《牛津英汉双解词典》中，共找到44个与terns相关的释义和例句。
1.三个一组
例句:The terns have drawn blood from his muzzle.
翻译:燕鸥把熊的吻部都啄出血了。
来源：汉语英语翻译词典
2.的复数形式
例句:Frigate Birds, redfooted boobies and Caspian terns.
翻译:军舰鸟 红脚鸟 和红嘴巨鸥。
来源：汉语英语翻译词典
3.燕鸥
例句:The gulls tax the terns by stealing some of the food they bring in from the ocean
翻译:海鸥偷取燕鸥从海中补获的食物。
来源：英汉新词词典
terns一般作为名词使用，如在roseate terns([网络] 玫瑰燕鸥)、rosy terns([网络] 玫瑰色的燕鸥)、Sandwich Terns([网络] 三明治燕鸥)等常见短语中出现较多。
1. The gulls tax the terns by stealing some of the food they bring in from the ocean
翻译:海鸥偷取燕鸥从海中补获的食物。
2. it’s amazing! Almost all the Heerman’s Gulls and Elegant Terns in the world come here to Rasa to breed
翻译:几乎全世界上的海鸥和燕鸥都来到罗莎岛进行繁殖。
3. Fishing continues around the clock as the terns race to rear their young before the return of the freeze.
翻译:燕鸥全天不停地捕鱼 要在大海冰封之前 将幼鸟喂养大。
4. Terns nest there. There’s beautiful…
翻译:岛上有燕鸥巢，有漂亮的…。
5. Nesting Arctic terns join the aerial assault, united by a common enemy.
翻译:北极燕鸥加入战斗 从空中发动袭击 对付它们共同的敌人。
6. Defensive squadrons of terns take off immediately.
翻译:燕鸥防御中队立即起飞。
7. The terns migrate from coastal Chile and Peru as many as half a million birds pack into this tiny island at once
翻译:燕鸥来自留利和秘鲁的海岸 五十万只燕鸥在短时间内挤进这个小岛上。
8. Caspian terns from Japan nest on the sand.
翻译:来自日本的红嘴巨鸥 在沙石上筑巢。
9. A pair of noddy terns fly close together over an island on the reef.
翻译:一对白顶玄燕鸥在堡礁岛上空 缠绵地飞着。
10. The Arctic terns have made an even longer journey to breed here.
翻译:北极燕鸥到这里繁殖的旅程更长。
11. Terns, Terns, Terns, Terns, Terns, Terns, Terns!
翻译:Terns!。
12. it may seem curious but the terns nest right in the middle of the gulls’ colony but by living among the gulls the terns gain protection from predators
翻译:令人好奇的是燕鸥在海鸥的范围内筑巢 燕鸥藉著住在海鸥的范围内因此得到保护。
13. For instance, i heard cicadas, And i heard terns,
翻译:比如说 我听到了蝉鸣 听到了燕鸥。
14. Fairy terns are permanent residents.
翻译:塞舌尔白燕鸥是这里的永久居民。
