英语词汇“call bird”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

call bird n. (a) a decoy bird which attracts other birds with its call; (b) figurative a product placed in a shop window in order to attract customers.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > decoy bird

stalec1440

stall?a1500

chanterelle1601

staling1601

gig1621

fetcha1640

call bird1686

caller1725

stool1825

playbird1878

brace-bird1885

jacky-bird1897

society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [noun] > article as sales lure

catchpenny1705

draw-boy1864

leader1888

call bird1901

loss leader1922

1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation iv. xxvii. 158/2 You must set two or three counterfeit Birds before the first Border, with a Lapwing or Call-Bird.

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. 332 The bird-catchers contrive that their call-birds should moult before the usual time.

1833 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 5 Jan. 392/2 Bird-lime..is sometimes used by smearing twigs, and enticing birds to settle on them by means of a call-bird, or decoy.

1901 Farm, Field & Fireside 13 Dec. 358/1 Frequently a man buys two or three couples of English spring chickens, and then has a case of eighty ‘Russians’ sent in. He uses the English as ‘call birds’ on his shop front and those few Surreys are the means of disposing of his whole case of Russians.

1958 Observer 5 Jan. 7/4 Certain shops are studying..women's response to the ‘call-bird’. That is the name they give to extraordinary bargains placed in the windows as lures for the sales-minded.

2000 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 11 Sept. 24 The trap is baited by a call bird which entices the magpies into a chamber.

单词	call bird
释义	> as lemmas call bird call bird n. (a) a decoy bird which attracts other birds with its call; (b) figurative a product placed in a shop window in order to attract customers. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > decoy bird stalec1440 stall?a1500 chanterelle1601 staling1601 gig1621 fetcha1640 call bird1686 caller1725 stool1825 playbird1878 brace-bird1885 jacky-bird1897 society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [noun] > article as sales lure catchpenny1705 draw-boy1864 leader1888 call bird1901 loss leader1922 1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation iv. xxvii. 158/2 You must set two or three counterfeit Birds before the first Border, with a Lapwing or Call-Bird. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. 332 The bird-catchers contrive that their call-birds should moult before the usual time. 1833 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 5 Jan. 392/2 Bird-lime..is sometimes used by smearing twigs, and enticing birds to settle on them by means of a call-bird, or decoy. 1901 Farm, Field & Fireside 13 Dec. 358/1 Frequently a man buys two or three couples of English spring chickens, and then has a case of eighty ‘Russians’ sent in. He uses the English as ‘call birds’ on his shop front and those few Surreys are the means of disposing of his whole case of Russians. 1958 Observer 5 Jan. 7/4 Certain shops are studying..women's response to the ‘call-bird’. That is the name they give to extraordinary bargains placed in the windows as lures for the sales-minded. 2000 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 11 Sept. 24 The trap is baited by a call bird which entices the magpies into a chamber. extracted from calln. < as lemmas
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