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What Hummingbirds Can Teach Us About Flying
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葉怡芬 posted on 2014/11/06Ever wondered how hummingbirds can hover like tiny helicopters? This video dives into the amazing world of biomimicry and aerodynamics, showing you how engineers are learning from these incredible birds to create new technologies! You'll pick up some fascinating vocabulary about flight and energy efficiency that's perfect for expanding your English.
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work
US /wɚk/
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UK /wɜ:k/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- Everything created by an author, artist, musician
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To bring into a specific state of success
- To be functioning properly, e.g. a car
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US /hɑː(r)d/
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UK /hɑ:d/
- Adjective
- Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- (Of facts) not able to be misunderstood; clear
- Adverb
- With lots of force, power, or impact
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US /lɪft/
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UK /lɪft/
- Noun
- Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
- Machine carrying people up or down to other floors
- Transitive Verb
- To stop or cancel something, such as a rule
- To move something to higher position
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