canary
金丝雀
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plural ca·nar·ies.
- : any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria, native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
- : Also called canary yellow. a light, clear yellow color.
- : Slang. informer.
- : Slang. a female singer, especially with a dance band.
- : a sweet white wine of the Canary Islands, resembling sherry.
- : a yellow diamond.
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- : having the color canary.
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Examples
The person said the data was “deeply disconcerting” and a “canary in the coal mine” for scientists who had seen the data.
For canaries, just seeing their feathered friends get sick may be enough to preemptively rev up their immune systems.
The breakthrough cases resulting in hospitalization or death will, she says, serve as a canary in the coal mine for when vaccine protection might be waning for whatever reason.
He’s now a canary to test whether humans might safely cohabitate with the silent invaders.
The building is bright yellow, and nearly everything inside is some shade of goldenrod or canary or banana.
“This is not a judgment of guilt, nor is it a suspension of any other canonical penalty,” Canary wrote.
The aforementioned stories may very well be legitimate, but let's consider them a sort of canary in the coal mine.
As has often been the case with issues of LGBT equality, this vote is the canary in the coalmine.
It's like she is in Fashion Jail and only allowed to wear frumpy dated Sloane florals and old lady canary yellow.
Since retail can be the canary in the coal mine for the broader economy, there's real reason to be anxious.
On the 7th of August we neared the Canary Isles, but unfortunately, on account of the thick fog, we could not see them.