1·Numerous insects occupy the marsh, feeding on living or dead cordgrass tissue, and redwing blackbirds, sparrows, rodents, rabbits, and deer feed directly on the cordgrass.
许多昆虫占据着沼泽，以活或死的绳草组织为食，而红翼鸫、麻雀、啮齿动物、兔子和鹿直接以绳草为食。
2·Sparrows are twittering outside.
麻雀在外边叽叽喳喳地叫。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
3·There is nothing to see except blackbirds and sparrows; nothing to hear except the noise of butterflies\' wings.
除了黑鸟和麻雀，见不到其它的身影；除了蝴蝶扇动翅膀，听不到其它的声音。
4·The study looked at breeding behaviour in an isolated population of song sparrows living in grasslands on the island of Mandarte, off the coast of Canada.
这一注视繁殖行为的研究在一个隔离的唱歌麻雀群中进行,这一麻雀群生活在远离加拿大海岸的蒙大特岛的草原上.
5·It is a bright, brilliant morning. Washing hangs on the line in the front yard of the family home; shoes are neatly stacked; there is a satellite dish; sparrows flit past a trailing vine.
那是一个明亮的，阳光灿烂的早晨，院子里的绳子上挂着洗过的衣服；鞋子整齐地排列着；院子里有个卫星电视接收天线；麻雀飞过枝枝蔓蔓的葡萄藤。