a small finch-like Old World bird related to the weaver birds, typically with brown and grey plumage 麻雀
Family Passeridae (or Ploceidae): four genera, in particular Passer, and many species, e.g. the cosmopolitan house sparrow (P. domesticus) 雀科(或织雀科):4属,尤指麻雀属,多种,例如生活在全球的家麻雀(拉丁名P. domesticus)
[usu. with modifier]any of a number of birds that resemble true sparrows in size or colour (任何在体积或颜色方面)像麻雀的鸟类。 见 hedge sparrow
an American bunting (many genera in the subfamily Emberizinae, family Emberizidae) a waxbill, in particular the Java sparrow 美洲鹀(鹀科,鹀亚科中多属) 梅花雀,尤指爪哇梅花雀 见 hedge sparrow