| 释义 |
birdeen|bɜːˈdiːn, ˈbɜːdiːn|
[f. bird n. + -een, Ir. -ín dim. suffix: cf. colleen.]
A young bird; also, a young girl (used as a playful form of address).
1895‘Fiona Macleod’ Mount. Lovers 47 She was like a birdeen lured by the dancing sunrays. Ibid. 61, I am sure, birdeen. 1916C. A. Renshaw England's Boys 58, I can hear your sleepy birdeens in their swaying moonlit nest. 1922I. J. Postgate (title) Robin in khaki: a book of birdeens. |