bird
n
1 feathered animal with two wings and two legs, usu able to fly 鳥; 禽. =>illus at App 1 見附錄1之插圖, pages iv, v.
2 (sl 俚esp Brit) young woman 妞; 姑娘
Terry's got a new bird, ie girl-friend. 特里有了個(gè)新女朋友.
3 (infml 口) person 人; 家伙: a queer bird 怪人
a wise old bird 聰明老練的人
The professional footballer who also plays cricket is a rare bird nowadays, ie There are very few of them. 職業(yè)足球員也打板球的現(xiàn)在很少見了.
4 (idm 習(xí)語) the bird has `flown (catchphrase 警語) the wanted person has escaped 要捉的人逃走了. a bird in the `hand is worth two in the `bush (saying 諺) it is better to be content with what one has than to risk losing everything by being too greedy 一鳥在手, 勝於二鳥在林(最好滿足於現(xiàn)有的, 以免因貪心而失去一切). the birds and the `bees (euph 婉) basic facts about sex 基本的性知識(shí)
tell a child about the birds and the bees 給孩子講解基本的性知識(shí). a ,bird's ,eye `view (of sth)
(a) general view from a high position looking down 俯視; 鳥瞰
From the plane we had a bird's eye view of London. 我們從飛機(jī)上鳥瞰倫敦.
(b) general summary (of a subject) (某科目的)概觀. birds of a `feather (flock to`gether) (saying 諺) people of the same sort (are found together) 鳥以群分(同類的人在一起). an early bird => early. the early bird catches the worm => early. (strictly) for the birds (infml derog 口, 貶) not important; worthless 不重要的; 無價(jià)值的. give sb/get the `bird (sl 俚) shout at sb/be shouted at rudely and disapprovingly 用喊聲轟某人
The comedian got the bird, ie was jeered at by the audience. 那喜劇演員讓人喝了倒采. a home bird => home1. kill two birds with one stone => kill. like a bird (infml 口) without difficulty; smoothly 毫無困難地; 一帆風(fēng)順地
My new car goes like a bird. 我的新汽車行駛自如. a little bird told me => little1.
?? 考研助記
把b和d看成兩個(gè)翅膀
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*[b?:d]n. 鳥, 羽毛球vi. 打鳥相關(guān)詞組: to give sb the bird
singleadj. 單一的;(打斗、比賽等)一對(duì)一的;惟一的;適于一人的;
n. 單程票;(旅館等的)單人房間;[復(fù)數(shù)](高爾夫球一對(duì)一的)二人對(duì)抗賽;[常用復(fù)數(shù)][美國、加拿大英語]未婚(或單身)男子(或女子);
vt. 挑選;
vi. 作一壘手;