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栖息

qī xī

2-character word Traditional 棲息

What 栖息 means

1. (of a bird) to perch
2. (of creatures in general) to inhabit; to dwell

The characters in 栖息

• 栖qīto perch; to rest (of birds); to dwell
• 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)

Example sentences

• 那鱼栖息在淡水域中。
  Nà yú qīxī zài dànshuǐ yù zhōng.
  That fish lives in fresh water.
• 蓝色的鸟栖息在树枝上，兴致昂扬地唱着歌。
  Lánsè de niǎo qīxī zài shùzhī shàng, xìngzhì ángyáng de chàng zhe gē.
  The blue bird is perched on a branch, singing cheerfully.
• 湿地在生态系统中扮演着净化水源、防止洪水和侵蚀、为野生动物提供食物和栖息地的重要角色。
  Wetlands play important roles in the ecosystem in purifying water, protecting against flood and erosion, and as both a source of food and habitat for wild animals.
• 迁移到南加州后，红冠鹦鹉已成为这里的永久栖息者，并被列入加州鸟类记录委员会的本国鸟类清单中。
  As transplants to Southern California, the red-crowned parrots have become such permanent fixtures that they are on the California Bird Records Committee’s list of birds in the state.
• 苍蝇在镜子上游走，并不在乎脚尖栖息和奔跑映出的倒影；相反，它在光滑的表面上看到许多令它感兴趣的小东西，而我们却把这些东西当成是灰尘和污垢。
  The fly running on the mirror doesn't worry about its reflection on the points of its legs from which it sits and runs; but on the contrary, it sees on the smooth surface a quantity of very small things which interest it and which we confuse with dust and grime.
• 阳光明媚的地方，坐落着一座宜人的老农舍，紧邻一条深深的河流。从农舍一直到河边，长满了高大的牛蒡叶，最高的牛蒡叶下，可以让一个小孩站直身体。这地方如同茂密森林的中心，原始而静谧。一只鸭子栖息在这片幽静的角落，守候着雏鸟破壳而出。它开始感到有些疲惫，因为小家伙们迟迟不肯破壳而出，而她也很少遇到来访者。
  In a sunny spot stood a pleasant old farm-house close by a deep river, and from the house down to the water side grew great burdock leaves, so high, that under the tallest of them a little child could stand upright. The spot was as wild as the centre of a thick wood. In this snug retreat sat a duck on her nest, watching for her young brood to hatch; she was beginning to get tired of her task, for the little ones were a long time coming out of their shells, and she seldom had any visitors.

Words starting with 栖息

• 栖息地qī xī dìhabitat

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