scarecrow
US
UK scarecrow n: (effigy for scaring crows)
SC 稻草人 dào cǎo rén
We put a scarecrow up in the garden to keep the pigeons away.
我们在花园里支了个稻草人，好把鸽子吓走。
scarecrow n: figurative (person: ragged, unkempt) (比喻)
SC 衣衫褴褛的人，衣着破烂的人 yī shān lán lǚ de rén，yī zhuó pò làn de rén
I didn't realize that that scarecrow was my long-lost cousin.
没想到那个衣衫褴褛的人竟是我失散多年的表姐。