单词 | bird |
释义 | Word Frequency bird(bɜːd) noun 1. any warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate of the class Aves, characterized by a body covering of feathers and forelimbs modified as wings. Birds vary in size between the ostrich and the humming bird ▶ Related adjectives: avian, ornithic2. informal a person (usually preceded by a qualifying adjective, as in the phrases rare bird, odd bird, clever bird) 3. British slang, sometimes offensive a girl or young woman, esp one's girlfriend 4. slang prison or a term in prison (esp in the phrase do bird; shortened from birdlime, rhyming slang for time) 5. a bird in the hand 6. the bird has flown 7. the birds and the bees 8. birds of a feather 9. get the bird 10. give someone the bird 11. kill two birds with one stone 12. like a bird 13. a little bird 14. for the birds Derived forms birdlike (ˈbirdlike) adjective Word origin Old English bridd, of unknown originWord Frequency Bird(bɜːd) noun nickname of (Charlie) Parker |
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