4PHRASE (尤指对孩子讲的)性知识 Some people refer to the birds and the bees when they are talking about sex, especially to children. (尤指对孩子讲的)性知识 [humorous]
5PHRASE [VERB inflects]坐牢;蹲班房 Someone who is doing bird is in prison. 坐牢;蹲班房 [British, informal]
They warned him that next time he'd find himself doing bird.
他们警告他下次他可能就要进监狱了。
6PHRASE 志趣相投的人;一路人 If you refer to two people as birds of a feather, you mean that they have the same interests or are very similar. 志趣相投的人;一路人
7PHRASE [VERB inflects] [VERB inflects]给…喝倒彩;嘘… If an audience gives someone the bird, they shout loudly in order to show their disappointment or disapproval. 给…喝倒彩;嘘…
8PHRASE (表示侮辱)被竖中指/冲…竖中指 If you get the bird or if someone gives you the bird, they make a rude gesture with their middle finger at you. (表示侮辱)被竖中指/冲…竖中指
9PHRASE 到手之物A bird in the hand is something that you already have and do not want to risk losing by trying to get something else. 到手之物
10PHRASE 消息灵通的人;某人 If you say that a little bird told you about something, you mean that someone has told you about it, but you do not want to say who it was. 消息灵通的人;某人
11PHRASE [adj PHR](用于对人进行描述)…的人 Some people use the phrase old bird to refer to someone and say what they are like. (用于对人进行描述)…的人 [old-fashioned]
As usual, Wheeler, a wise old bird, got it right.
和往常一样,惠勒—一个非常聪明的人—又做对了。
She was such a decent old bird.
她是一个如此端庄的女人。
12PHRASE [NOUN inflects, usually verb-link PHRASE]少见的人;稀有之物;凤毛麟角 If you say that someone or something is a rare bird, you mean that they are very unusual. 少见的人;稀有之物;凤毛麟角
13PHRASE 一石二鸟;一箭双雕;一举两得 If you say that doing something will kill two birds with one stone, you mean that it will enable you to achieve two things that you want to achieve, rather than just one. 一石二鸟;一箭双雕;一举两得
Quotations
Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as dovesBible: St. Matthew
magpie: a bird whose thievish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talkAmbrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary
Oh, a wondrous bird is the pelican! His beak can hold more than his belican. He takes in his beak Food enough for a week. But I'll be darned if I know how the helicanDixon Lanier Merritt
No ladder needs the bird but skies To situate its wings, Nor any leader's grim baton Arraigns it as it singsEmily Dickinson
Who wills devoutly to absorb, contain, birds give him painRichard WilburThe Beautiful Changes
I know what the caged bird feels, alas!Paul Lawrence DunbarSympathy
ADJECTIVE | ... OF BIRDS | BIRD + VERB | BIRD + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤wild野鳥➤caged籠中鳥▸➤exotic, rare異域的鳥;珍奇的鳥➤common普通的鳥➤endangered瀕危的鳥▸➤game獵鳥▸➤predatory猛禽▸➤migratory候鳥➤native本地鳥▸➤aquatic, forest, grassland, land, marine, sea(usually seabird) , tropical, wading, woodland水鳥;林鳥;草原鳥;陸地鳥;海鳥;熱帶鳥;涉禽◇Seabirds flocked above our heads.海鳥成群地從我們頭上飛過。➤song (usually songbird)鳴禽➤backyard, garden (BrE) 後院裏的鳥;花園裏的鳥➤pet寵物鳥➤breeding, nesting種鳥;築巢鳥➤flightless不能飛的鳥➤adult, baby成年鳥;幼鳥➤extinct滅絕的鳥... OF BIRDS➤flock一群鳥BIRD + VERB➤circle, flit, fly, glide, soar, swoop, swoop down鳥盤旋;鳥掠過;鳥飛翔;鳥滑翔;鳥高飛;鳥猛撲;鳥俯衝◇We watched a bird of prey swoop down on a mouse.我們看着一隻猛禽俯衝撲向一隻老鼠。➤hop鳥跳躍▸➤flap its wings, flutter鳥拍打翅膀➤land (on sth)鳥飛落(在⋯上)◇A bird landed on my shoulder.一隻鳥落在我的肩頭。➤perch on sth鳥停落在⋯▸➤flock鳥聚集成群▸➤migrate鳥遷徙◇The birds migrate in September.這些鳥 9 月遷徙。➤chirp, sing, twitter, warble鳥啁啾;鳥歌唱;鳥啾啾叫;鳥鳴囀▸➤peck鳥啄食◇birds pecking at the corn正在啄食穀物的鳥➤feed on sth鳥以⋯為食▸➤build a nest, nest鳥築巢◇birds nesting on the roof of the church在教堂房頂築巢的鳥➤breed, lay eggs鳥繁殖;鳥產卵▸➤moult/molt鳥換毛BIRD + NOUN➤species鳥種類▸➤call, song (usually birdsong)鳥叫聲➤bird's nest鳥巢▸➤sanctuary鳥類保護區➤conservation鳥類保護➤habitat鳥類棲息地▸➤life鳥類◇an area with a very varied bird life有多種鳥類棲息的地區➤population鳥群▸➤watcher, watching (usually birdwatcher, birdwatching)鳥類觀察者;觀鳥➤enthusiast, lover鳥類愛好者➤feeder餵鳥人➤table (BrE) 鳥食台◇They set up a bird table in the garden.他們在花園裏擺了一張鳥食台。➤bath鳥浴池➤cage (usually birdcage)鳥籠➤seed (usually birdseed)鳥食➤droppings, poo, informal) , poop (NAmE, informal) 鳥糞➤feathers鳥的羽毛➤dog (used in hunting用於打獵) (NAmE) 捕鳥用的獵狗➤flu禽流感➤strike (= when a bird hits a plane)機鳥互撞PHRASES➤a bird of passage (= a migratory bird) , a bird of prey候鳥;猛禽➤a breed of bird, a species of bird, a type of bird一種鳥