bird
n. 鸟,禽; 某类人; 〈俚〉姑娘,妞
A bird is a creature with feathers and wings. Female birds lay eggs. Most birds can fly.
Some men refer to young women as birds. This use could cause offence.
Some people refer to the birds and the bees when they are talking about sex, especially to children.
Someone who is doing bird is in prison.
They warned him that next time he'd find himself doing bird.
他们警告他下次他可能就要进监狱了。
If you refer to two people as birds of a feather, you mean that they have the same interests or are very similar.
If an audience gives someone the bird, they shout loudly in order to show their disappointment or disapproval.
If you get the bird or if someone gives you the bird, they make a rude gesture with their middle finger at you.
A bird in the hand is something that you already have and do not want to risk losing by trying to get something else.
If you say that a little bird told you about something, you mean that someone has told you about it, but you do not want to say who it was.
Some people use the phrase old bird to refer to someone and say what they are like.
As usual, Wheeler, a wise old bird, got it right...
和往常一样,惠勒——一个非常聪明的人——又做对了。
She was such a decent old bird.
她是一个如此端庄的女人。
If you say that someone or something is a rare bird, you mean that they are very unusual.
If you say that doing something will kill two birds with one stone, you mean that it will enable you to achieve two things that you want to achieve, rather than just one.
1. warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
2. the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
3. informal terms for a (young) woman
4. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
5. badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
1. watch and study birds in their natural habitat
the bird has flown
要找的人逃走(或离开)了
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
(谚)双鸟在林不如一鸟在手
the birds and the bees
(非正式)(讲给儿童听的)性启蒙知识
birds of a feather flock together
(谚)人以群分,物以类聚
do (one's) bird
(英,非正式)服刑,坐牢
flip someone the bird (或 flip the bird)
向某人竖中指(表示轻蔑或愤怒)
(strictly) for the birds
(非正式)不值得考虑,算个鸟
get the bird
(英,非正式)被嘘,被嘲弄
give someone the bird
(英, 非正式)嘘某人,喝某人倒彩;嘲弄某人
have a bird
(北美,非正式)震惊,焦躁不安
a little bird told me
(幽默)[用于表示说话者不愿透露向其提供消息者为何人]有人跟我说
for the birds
令人不快的或无用的
A bird skimmed over the stream.
鸟儿掠过溪流.
He was able to shoot down a flying bird with the bow and arrow.
他张弓搭箭能射落空中的飞鸟.
The bird is beating feebly.
那只鸟的翅膀在无力地扑扇着.
The bird fluffed its feathers.
鸟啄它的羽毛使之松散.
The bird tucked its wings.
小鸟抿着翅膀.