| 释义 |
bird/bɜ:d/n. 1 a feathered vertebrate of the class Aves with a beak, two wings, and two feet, egg-laying and usu. able to fly (通常能飞的)鸟，禽 2 a game bird (可捕捉的)猎鸟 3 Brit. slang a young woman [英] [俚语]少女，姑娘 4 colloq. a person [口]人；家伙 a wily old bird 狡猾的老家伙 5 Brit. slang [英] [俚语]a a prison 监狱 b rhyming slang a prison sentence (short for birdlime = time) [同韵俚语]刑期 □ a bird in the hand something secured or certain 已到手的东西，有把握的事物 □ the bird is (or has) flown the prisoner, quarry, etc., has escaped 囚犯(或猎物等)逃跑了 □ the birds and the bees euphem. sexual activity and reproduction [婉]两性关系的基本知识 □ birds of a feather people of like character 同类的人 □ for (or strictly for) the birds colloq. trivial, uninteresting [口]无价值的，无趣的 □ get the bird Brit. slang [英] [俚语] 1 be dismissed 被解雇 2 be hissed at or booed 被嘘，被喝倒彩 □ like a bird Brit. without difficulty or hesitation [英]毫无困难，毫不犹豫 □ a little bird an unnamed informant 私下提供消息者，告密者 [Old English brid, of unknown origin] |