Definition of kiwi in English:
kiwi
nounPlural kiwis, Plural Kiwis ˈkiːwiːˈkiwi
1A flightless New Zealand bird with hair-like feathers, having a long downcurved bill with sensitive nostrils at the tip.
几维；几维鸟，无翼鸟Family Apterygidae and genus Apteryx: three species
- However, after nine months - when they weigh about 1 kg - most kiwis can fight off anything but a dog, and generally live for another 40 years.
- Before the captive kiwi were released the iconic birds had been extinct in the southern North Island for well over a century.
- At one exciting moment, several kiwis were calling loudly only a few feet above us on a hillside, but they never came into view.
- I find it amusing that the country's air force logo is a kiwi, a bird that can't even fly.
- The kiwi, a flightless nocturnal bird unique to New Zealand, is the symbol for everything from New Zealand.
- The Taranaki Kiwi Trust has released five kiwi into the park already with a further nine on the way - positive action that may halt the kiwi's decline into extinction.
2informal A New Zealander.
- Sole, a Kiwi with an Italian mother and a Scottish father, has been excellent this championship.
- Its been extraordinary the way the Kiwis have pulled together and raised this money.
- So not only have I finally come across a few Kiwis after all this time here, but they are also surfers!
- The conversation reminds me of the Kiwis I stayed with at Phillip Island last month.
- I'd classify the Kiwis as honest, basically, though there are always exceptions.
- The Dominion Post reports that Kiwis are indecisive on polling day because 30 percent of us make up our minds in the last months of an election (and 16% on the day itself).
- The fact that so many Kiwis got behind Jeff and voted should in itself show what he could've done for the show.
- The burden continues to fall on hard-working Kiwis paying that top tax rate.
- The achievements are ones that we can all be proud of as fellow Kiwis.
- I watched the Kiwis play Australia earlier this month and thought they should have won.
- Here in Australia we allow Kiwis to enter anytime they like and to work in our great country.
- One thing I've really realised upon spending a bit of time around Kiwis again is that New Zealand English really is different from UK English.
- The average Australian earns about $120 a week more than the average Kiwi.
- The Kiwis do security patrols around the base perimeter and man the watchtower on a roster system.
- As a Kiwi it's hard to admit, but the Aussies are pretty sharp at this game, which is even more reason to dislike them.
- What do tax cuts mean for ordinary Kiwis on middle and low incomes?
- She fell in love with a Kiwi martial art teacher and simply took off with him.
- We had some philosophical disagreements, but he was a good Kiwi and a good New Zealander.
- The next match of the series takes place at South Leeds Stadium on Friday when the Kiwis meet Australia.
- Most Kiwis will have spent some of their summer sitting in a car behind a truck on a stretch of open road.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Maori.
Rhymes
peewee, weewee
Definition of kiwi in US English:
kiwi
nounˈkiwiˈkēwē
1A flightless New Zealand bird with hairlike feathers, having a long down-curved bill with sensitive nostrils at the tip.
几维；几维鸟，无翼鸟Family Apterygidae and genus Apteryx: three species, including the brown kiwi (A. australis)
- I find it amusing that the country's air force logo is a kiwi, a bird that can't even fly.
- The kiwi, a flightless nocturnal bird unique to New Zealand, is the symbol for everything from New Zealand.
- At one exciting moment, several kiwis were calling loudly only a few feet above us on a hillside, but they never came into view.
- However, after nine months - when they weigh about 1 kg - most kiwis can fight off anything but a dog, and generally live for another 40 years.
- The Taranaki Kiwi Trust has released five kiwi into the park already with a further nine on the way - positive action that may halt the kiwi's decline into extinction.
- Before the captive kiwi were released the iconic birds had been extinct in the southern North Island for well over a century.
2informal A New Zealander, especially a soldier or member of a national sports team.
〈非正式〉新西兰人（尤指士兵或国家运动队队员）- As a Kiwi it's hard to admit, but the Aussies are pretty sharp at this game, which is even more reason to dislike them.
- The Kiwis do security patrols around the base perimeter and man the watchtower on a roster system.
- Most Kiwis will have spent some of their summer sitting in a car behind a truck on a stretch of open road.
- What do tax cuts mean for ordinary Kiwis on middle and low incomes?
- The achievements are ones that we can all be proud of as fellow Kiwis.
- The average Australian earns about $120 a week more than the average Kiwi.
- I watched the Kiwis play Australia earlier this month and thought they should have won.
- I'd classify the Kiwis as honest, basically, though there are always exceptions.
- Here in Australia we allow Kiwis to enter anytime they like and to work in our great country.
- The conversation reminds me of the Kiwis I stayed with at Phillip Island last month.
- She fell in love with a Kiwi martial art teacher and simply took off with him.
- Its been extraordinary the way the Kiwis have pulled together and raised this money.
- The burden continues to fall on hard-working Kiwis paying that top tax rate.
- The Dominion Post reports that Kiwis are indecisive on polling day because 30 percent of us make up our minds in the last months of an election (and 16% on the day itself).
- One thing I've really realised upon spending a bit of time around Kiwis again is that New Zealand English really is different from UK English.
- The fact that so many Kiwis got behind Jeff and voted should in itself show what he could've done for the show.
- We had some philosophical disagreements, but he was a good Kiwi and a good New Zealander.
- So not only have I finally come across a few Kiwis after all this time here, but they are also surfers!
- The next match of the series takes place at South Leeds Stadium on Friday when the Kiwis meet Australia.
- Sole, a Kiwi with an Italian mother and a Scottish father, has been excellent this championship.
3
a bowl of cherries and kiwisSee also kiwi fruit
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Maori.