n.[C]
- 鳥;禽
The
bird is a robin.
這是一隻知更鳥。
- 【口】人,傢伙
- 【英】【俚】少婦,少女,小妞
- 羽毛球
- 【俚】飛機;飛彈;火箭
片語
birds of a feather
- 一丘之貉
I'm not surprised those two are such friends; they're
birds of a feather.
那兩個人交情這麼好我不驚訝,他們是一丘之貉嘛。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
- 雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
early bird
- 早起者
In the business world, remember: the
early bird gets the worm.
身在商業界,切記:早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。
He's quite an
early bird.
他是個早起者。
give the bird
- 發噓聲
They started to
give the actor
the bird when they saw his performance was bad.
他們見到那演員的演出那麼差,就開始對他發出噓聲。
辨析
n.
- a warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate animal of a class distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, and a beak, typically able to fly.
[Class Aves.]
- informal a person of a specified kind:
she's a sharp old bird.
- Brit. informal a young woman or girlfriend.
Phrase
- the bird has flown
the person one is looking for has escaped or left. - the birds and the bees
informal basic facts about sex and reproduction, as told to a child. - do
(one's)
bird
Brit. informal serve a prison sentence.
[bird from rhyming sl. birdlime ‘time’.]
- flip someone the bird
N. Amer. informal stick one's middle finger up at someone as a sign of contempt or anger. -
(strictly)
for the birds
informal not worthy of consideration. - give someone the bird
Brit. informal boo or jeer at someone. - have a bird
N. Amer. informal be shocked or agitated.
Derivative
Etymology
OE brid ‘chick, fledgling’, of unknown origin.