noun
1
- a stocky seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice. Doves are generally smaller and more delicate than pigeons, but many kinds have been given both names.鸽; 鸠鸽。
1.1
- Family Columbidae: numerous genera and species; white doves are a variety of the domestic pigeon.鸠鸽科：众多属和种; 白鸽是家鸽的一个品种。
2
- a person who advocates peaceful or conciliatory policies, especially in foreign affairs（尤指外交事务中）主张和解政策的人, 鸽派人物, 温和派人物。比较
HAWK1 （义项2）。
3
Dove
(in Christian art and poetry) the Holy Spirit (as represented in John 1:32)（基督教艺术作品和诗歌中的）圣灵（如《约翰福音》1:32中所示）。
派生词
dovelike
adjectivedovish
adjective （义项2）词源
Middle English: from Old Norse dúfa.