I saw a flash of kingfisher blue. A monitor lizard paddled away through the reeds.

我看见一只翠鸟一闪而过，一头巨蜥在芦苇丛中走过。

"The Kingfisher rises out of the black wave like a blue flower," wrote poet Mary Oliver, paying tribute to the dashing river bird on its feeding rounds.

“黑色的波浪里开出蓝色的花，那是小翠蹿出的身影。”诗人玛丽·奥利弗这样赞美哺育期的翠鸟。

A flash of electric blue-that's as intimately as most people will ever know the common kingfisher.

一道铁蓝色的闪光——这就是人们对普通翠鸟最通常的认识。

A kingfisher stood on the branch of a tree overhanging the pool and its reflection was brilliantly blue in the water.

一只翠鸟停在悬在水上的树枝上，投在水中的倒影蓝得闪闪发亮。

Top feathers used for the kingfisher craft are the turquoise blue and the snowy blue kingfisher feathers.

点翠的羽毛以翠蓝色和雪青色的翠鸟羽毛为上品。

Light scatters prismatically in microscopic feather structures to create the kingfisher 's brilliant blue.

在显微镜下可以看出，翠鸟羽毛那华丽的蓝色是通过折射光线而形成的。