pi·geon

noun

/ˈpɪdʒɪn/

Idioms

a fat grey and white bird with short legs. Pigeons are common in cities and also live in woods and fields where people shoot them for sport or food.鸽子
- the sound of pigeons cooing鸽子咕咕的叫声
- A pigeon strutted along the roof, cooing rhythmically.一只鸽子沿着屋顶大摇大摆地走，有节奏地咕咕叫。
compare dove1 see also carrier pigeon, clay pigeon, homing pigeon, stool pigeon, wood pigeonTopics Birdsb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- carrier
- homing
- racing
- …
… of pigeons
- flock
pigeon + verb
- fly
- nest
- roost
- …
pigeon + noun
- droppings
- shit
- coop
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French pijon, denoting a young bird, especially a young dove, from an alteration of late Latin pipio(n-), ‘young cheeping bird’, of imitative origin.

Idioms

be somebody’s pigeon

(British English, old-fashioned) to be somebody’s responsibility or business是某人的职责（或事情）

put/set the cat among the pigeons

(British English) to say or do something that is likely to cause trouble引起麻烦；招惹是非
- Then she told them she was dropping out of college. That really set the cat among the pigeons.然后她告诉他们她要从大学退学。这确实让猫跻身于鸽子之列。

单词	pigeon
释义	pi·geon noun /ˈpɪdʒɪn/ /ˈpɪdʒɪn/ Idioms a fat grey and white bird with short legs. Pigeons are common in cities and also live in woods and fields where people shoot them for sport or food.鸽子 the sound of pigeons cooing鸽子咕咕的叫声 A pigeon strutted along the roof, cooing rhythmically.一只鸽子沿着屋顶大摇大摆地走，有节奏地咕咕叫。 compare dove1 see also carrier pigeon, clay pigeon, homing pigeon, stool pigeon, wood pigeonTopics Birdsb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective carrier homing racing … … of pigeons flock pigeon + verb fly nest roost … pigeon + noun droppings shit coop … Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French pijon, denoting a young bird, especially a young dove, from an alteration of late Latin pipio(n-), ‘young cheeping bird’, of imitative origin. Idioms be somebody’s pigeon (British English, old-fashioned) to be somebody’s responsibility or business是某人的职责（或事情） put/set the cat among the pigeons (British English) to say or do something that is likely to cause trouble引起麻烦；招惹是非 Then she told them she was dropping out of college. That really set the cat among the pigeons.然后她告诉他们她要从大学退学。这确实让猫跻身于鸽子之列。
随便看	have your ducks in a row have your ear to the ground have your end away have your eye on sb have your eye on somebody have your eye on something have your eye on sth have your feet on the ground have your finger on the pulse have your finger on the pulse of something have your finger on the pulse of sth have your fingers in the till have your foot in the door have your hand cookie jar have your hand in cookie jar have your hand in the cookie jar have your hands full have your hands tied have your hand the cookie jar have your head in a book have your head in the clouds have your head/nose in a book have your head screwed on have your head screwed on (the right way) have your head screwed on the right way