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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- bird [bɝd] [bəːd]
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- 1. noun [zoology] 鸟，禽[鸟纲（Aves）脊椎动物]
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2.
noun
猎鸟[区别于 waterfowl]
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3.
noun
（作飞靶射击用的）泥鸽；（泥制的）靶子
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4.
noun
羽毛球
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5.
noun
[American English]
[slang]
人；鸟人，古怪的人
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6.
noun
[slang]
（表示不赞成的）嘘声；咂舌的嘲笑声，咂舌
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7.
noun
[slang]
飞机，直升机；火箭或导弹，飞行器；航天器，卫星
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8.
noun
[England]
[slang]
年轻女人，漂亮姑娘，美貌少妇；女人，女孩
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9.
noun
[American English]
[slang]
（代表军衔的）鹰徽
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10.
noun
[England]
[slang]
“笼中鸟”，囚犯；刑期，服刑时间
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11.
vi.
打鸟；捕鸟
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12.
vi.
在野外观察辨认野鸟
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13.
noun
[slang]
用中指做的下流的手势（通常前面加the）
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14.
noun
[slang]
飞机
Collins English-English Dictionary
- bird [b3ːd]
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1.
n
any warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate of the class Aves, characterized by a body covering of feathers and forelimbs modified as wings. Birds vary in size between the ostrich and the humming bird
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2.
n
[informal]
a person (usually preceded by a qualifying adjective, as in the phrases rare bird, odd bird, clever bird)
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3.
n
[slang]
[chiefly Brit]
a girl or young woman, esp one's girlfriend
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4.
n
[slang]
prison or a term in prison (esp in the phrase do bird; shortened from birdlime, rhyming slang for time)
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5.
n
[Etymology]
Old English bridd, of unknown origin
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1.
n
any warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate of the class Aves, characterized by a body covering of feathers and forelimbs modified as wings. Birds vary in size between the ostrich and the humming bird
Examples
- a short-billed bird
- 短喙鸟 → billed
- a bird flapping its wings
- 振翅飞行的鸟 → flap
- The bird flirted its tail.
- 鸟来回摆动尾巴。 → flirt
- The bird is not itself today.
- 那只鸟今天反常。 → itself
- She is like a bird.
- 她长得象只小鸟。 → like
- She sings like a bird.
- 她歌唱得象鸟儿般动听。 → like
- a bird of prey
- 食肉鸟；猛禽 → prey
- a bird thrashing its wings
- 一只扑打自己的翅膀的鸟 → thrash
- The bird went back to the nest to feed her young.
- 那只鸟飞回巢去喂幼鸟了。 → young
- The hunter aimed at a small bird flying in the sky and fired.
- 猎人瞄准天空中飞翔的小鸟后，开枪了。 → aim
nciku Note
eat like a bird 吃猫食
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eat like a bird She's unhealthy because she eats like a bird. “eat like a bird”相当于汉语的“吃猫食”。意即吃得很少。 If we say someome eats like a bird, we mean that they usually do not eat very much. They only eat small amounts of food. |
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