English Dictionary

alpine chough

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈalpaɪn ˈtʃʌf/

名詞

A species of bird in the crow family (Corvidae) (Pyrrhocorax graculus), that breeds locally in the highest mountains of southern Europe, the Alps, across central Asia and India.

日本語の意味

南ヨーロッパの最高峰やアルプス、中央アジア、インドなどの山岳地帯に生息し、繁殖するカラス科（Corvidae）の鳥（Pyrrhocorax graculus）の一種

An alpine chough wheeled above the snowbound ridge, its high-pitched calls echoing through the thin mountain air.

雪に覆われた尾根の上空を、高山に生息するカラスの一種が輪を描くように飛び、その甲高い鳴き声が薄い山の空気に響いた。

意味（1）

A species of bird in the crow family (Corvidae) (Pyrrhocorax graculus), that breeds locally in the highest mountains of southern Europe, the Alps, across central Asia and India.

In a sense these sections form refrains to the two couplets, in which two types of material are used: birdsong, consisting of the calls and cries of the alpine chough and the raven, and passages representing the flight of the alpine chough and the flight of the golden eagle.

alpine choughs （ plural ）