a bird with a strong beak, that catches small birds and insects and sticks them on thorns伯劳（鸟，喙强有力，扑捉到小鸟和昆虫后将其挂在荆棘上）Topics Birdsc2Word Originmid 16th cent.: perhaps related to Old English scrīc ‘thrush’ and Middle Low German schrīk ‘corncrake’, of imitative origin.