peacocks

At her mother's farm, Andalusia, in Milledgeville, Ga. , she collected all manner of fowl: ducks, quail, mail-order swans and peacocks.

在佐治亚州她母亲的农庄安德鲁西亚（Andalusia），她收集了各种鸟类：野鸭、鹌鹑、邮购的天鹅和孔雀。

Nobody knows for sure; they might have been useful for keeping dinos dry, distracting predators or attracting mates, as peacocks do today.

没有人能够给出确切的答案，它们也许可以帮助恐龙保持干燥，转移掠食者的注意力或者吸引配偶，就像今天的孔雀一样。

She wore a dress of gold tissue embroidered with peacocks' eyes, and a little cap of green velvet was on her head.

她着一件嗅着孔雀眼睛的金色纱衣，头戴一顶绿色天鹅绒小帽。

Looking out the window, I saw my late-night sister surrounded by peacocks in the front yard. She'd gone out for an early morning walk.

向窗外看去，我见到了前院中一群孔雀围着我的“夜猫子”妹妹，她一大早就出去散步了。

Her peacocks popped up more than once in her work, including in this passage from her short story "The Displaced Person"

她的孔雀不止一次出人意料地出现在她的作品中，其中一次出现在短篇小说《背井离乡的人》的下面这段文字中。

"Before her, it was the men who were the peacocks, " she says, but Elizabeth loved jewels, pearls in particular.

“在她之前，男人打扮的花枝招展，”她说，但是伊丽莎白特别喜欢珍珠宝石。

Kamala smiled and played with her fan of peacocks' feathers. And asked: "And only to tell me this, Siddhartha has come to me? "

卡玛拉微微一笑，手里耍弄着她那把孔雀毛扇子，问道：“席特哈尔塔，你来见我，难道就是为了跟我说这个？”

Mr. Zhang kept tigers and peacocks, and was met by a police welcoming committee that set off fireworks in his honor, Mr. Kitto said.

张啸林养着老虎和孔雀，一个警务欢迎委员会还专门为他的到来释放了焰火，基托说。

Birds were her chief delight: the peacocks and bantams that she walked around her yard, and for which she even sewed underwear.

鸟儿是她最重要的欢乐源泉：她闲庭漫步的院子里出现的孔雀和矮脚鸡，甚至成了她内衣上的花纹。

HERODIAS Well said , my daughter ! As for you , you are ridiculous with your peacocks .

说得好，我的女儿！而你呢，你跟你那些孔雀一样莫名其妙。

It was made of gilded bamboo, and the poles were of vermilion lacquer studded with brass peacocks.

它以镀金的竹子做成，轿杆以朱红真漆漆成，镶嵌着黄铜孔雀。

Large numbers of deer, peacocks , camels in the garden "of Dartmoor. "

大批的梅花鹿、孔雀、骆驼在花园里“闲庭信步”。

Others wonder if they should invest in peacocks and praying mantises which, they speculate, will gobble up the little stinkers.

有些人还想一探究竟，是否应该养殖孔雀或螳螂。他们推测，这些小臭虫会是它们美餐的对象。

How did the chicken lead her to peacocks?

这只小鸡是如何导致她饲养孔雀的呢？

The peacocks feathered and lovely colours began to appear.

孔雀长出了羽毛，鲜艳的颜色开始呈现。

He always did himself well, Lucius. Peacocks . . . " Yaxley thrust his wand back under his cloak with a snort. "

“卢修斯总是把自己弄得太过舒适了。孔雀……”亚克斯利发出一声粗重的鼻息，把魔杖狠狠地插回了斗篷。

For peacocks , the colors are green, golden yellow, brown and a very bright blue.

作为孔雀，颜色是绿色，金黄色，棕色和非常明亮的蓝色。

To go any further, is the zoo, which has the mighty tiger, fierce lion, beautiful peacocks, as well as many small animals.

再往前走，就是动物园了，里面有威猛的老虎、凶狠的狮子、美丽的孔雀，还有许许多多的小动物。

Some of the peacocks became ill, some even died after eating the bad food given by the visitors.

一些孔雀因为食用了游客喂的食物而生病甚至死亡。

Yeah, and plus those beautiful peacocks, the name, peacock, fits the tree perfectly.

嗯，再加上那些美丽的孔雀，叫孔雀树再合适不过啦。