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单词 dovecote
释义

dovecote

/ˈdʌvkɒt /
(also dovecot)
noun
A shelter with nest holes for domesticated pigeons.Town clerk Graham Gittins said Chester City Council had halved the city's pigeon flock by introducing dovecotes in strategic areas and attracting birds to roost in them by providing food....
  • We sat on the village bench, pulled on our boots, speculated on how many of the pretty sandstone houses were holiday cottages and eventually realised that the immobile pigeon in a dovecote was not alive, but not dead either.
  • The council is also launching a leaflet campaign to aimed at people who feed the birds on a regular basis, asking them to feed the pigeons at the dovecote.

Phrases

flutter the dovecotes

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