Early sailors called belugas " sea canaries" .

早期的水手们称白鲸为“海洋高音”。

It's why they sent the canaries down first to check the air.

这也就是为什么他们先派金丝雀去检查空气。

After treatment, both groups of canaries began singing.

注射完成后，两组金丝雀都开始一展歌喉。

If the canaries died, the miners knew the air was not healthy.

如果金丝雀死了，矿工就知道里面的空气不健康。

You can even train a young canary to sing.

你甚至可以教一只幼小的金丝雀唱歌。

" What, and get attacked by another flock of canaries? " muttered Ron.

“什么？再让一群小鸟啄我？”罗恩嘟囔道。

Some of these canaries received doses of testosterone to the POM only.

其中一些只在POM区域被注射一定量的激素。

Ten-second trivia: Which of these animals is nicknamed the canary of the sea?

下面哪种动物被戏称为海中的金丝雀？

" You look like a cat that's swallowed a canary, " I could not help snapping.

" 你活像一只吞了金丝雀的猫，" 我禁不住怒气冲冲地说。

Why does English use canaries in this expression?

为什么英语里的这个表达要用到金丝雀这个词呢？

Polar bears are fat, white, hairy canaries in the coal mine, warning us to act now.

北极熊是煤矿里肥胖、洁白、毛茸茸的金丝雀，警告我们立即采取行动。

They are the canaries in the Southern Ocean's coal mine, and they are starting to disappear.

它们就相当于南大洋这一矿藏里的金丝雀。问题是，它们已经开始消失了。

People love canaries and keep them as pets.

大家明明很喜金丝雀，还把它们当宠物养啊。

And in this massive, global, online experiment that we are all living through, we in Britain are the canary.

在这个大规模、全球性、在线的实验中，我们都生活在这里，我们英国人变成了金丝雀。

But that is not what singing like a canary means.

然而，这并不是这个表达真正的意思。

And even though our untrained ears have a hard time telling the tones apart, female canaries seemed to notice.

虽然我们人类未经训练的耳朵很难区这两种音调，但是看起雌性金丝雀却能注意到两者的区别。

See how the canary is clothed. It is covered with feathers.

看一看金丝雀穿的美丽衣裳，它浑身上下都盖着羽毛。

I would've sung like a canary. I'm just saying.

我会像金丝雀开口歌唱 只是这么一说。

Dinner with the boss is like a canary in a coal mine.

和老板吃饭的员工，就像是煤矿中的金丝雀。

What's this word? The canary? The cannery? - The cannery. - The cannery. Cannery.

这个词是什么？金丝雀？罐头厂？- 罐头厂。- 罐头厂。罐头厂。