Pigeon
['pɪdʒɪn;'pɪdʒ(ə)n] or ['pɪdʒɪn]
解釋/意思:
(n.) Any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.
(n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.
(v. t.) To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling.
錄入:丽莎
解釋/意思:
n. a well-known bird the dove: any bird of the dove family.—adjs. Pig′eon-breast′ed having a physical deformity due to rickets in which the chest is flattened from side to side and the sternum or breast-bone is thrown forward; Pig′eon-heart′ed timid: fearful.—n. Pig′eon-hole a hole or niche in which pigeons lodge in a dovecot: a division of a case for papers &c.—v.t. to put into a pigeon-hole: to lay aside and treat with neglect.—n. Pig′eon-house a dovecot.—adj. Pig′eon-liv′ered timid: cowardly.—n. Pig′eonry a place for keeping pigeons.—adj. Pig′eon-toed having feet like pigeons peristeropod: having turned-in toes.
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娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of seeing pigeons and hearing them cooing above their cotes, denotes domestic peace and pleasure-giving children. For a young woman, this dream indicates an early and comfortable union. To see them being used in a shooting match, and, if you participate, it denotes that cruelty in your nature will show in your dealings, and you are warned of low and debasing pleasures. To see them flying, denotes freedom from misunderstanding, and perhaps news from the absent.
編輯:卡罗尔
例句/造句/用法:
- Hence the supposed extermination of so many species having similar habits with the rock-pigeon seems a very rash assumption. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- I say, Sam, observed Humphrey when the old man was gone, she and Clym Yeobright would make a very pretty pigeon-pair--hey? 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Mr. Pickwick, who had been deeply investigating the interior of the pigeon-pie, readily assented. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Four pigeon-breasted retainers in plain clothes stand in line in the hall. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Ah, pigeon-holes will not do. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He saw that pigeon-fanciers and stock-breeders deve lop certain types by preserving those variations that have the desired characteristics. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- I observed that he did the same thing while I was getting out the remains of the pigeon-pie, and so forth. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Once more on the road to Thornfield, I felt like the messenger-pigeon flying home. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Now the tongue--now the pigeon pie. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Mr. Bucket's eye, after taking a pigeon-flight round the room, alights upon a table where letters are usually put as they arrive. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- An ideal education would then supply the means of meeting these separate and pigeon-holed interests. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Another article which Father Porter sent me was an uncooked Jamaica pigeon; it was roasted at Beaumont College. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- By the by; you were quite a pigeon-fancier. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- There is also a Jamaica pigeon, also just cooked here, and a _vol au vent_, which I have had made from oysters which were sent open in the preserving stuff from Jamaica. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- In pigeon-holes partly, said Mr. Casaubon, with rather a startled air of effort. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Many treatises in different languages have been published on pigeons, and some of them are very important, as being of considerable antiquity. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- You have no tumblers among your pigeons. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I have reserved one of the pigeons raw, that you may see in what state it arrived. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Fanciers select their dogs, horses, pigeons, etc. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- The supposed aboriginal stocks must all have been rock-pigeons, that is, they did not breed or willingly perch on trees. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- These pigeons are also kept in several European countries for military purposes. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Fourthly, pigeons have been watched and tended with the utmost care, and loved by many people. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Here was a small rough hole in the mud wall, originally made for pigeons, through which the interior of the next shed could be viewed. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- My sisters say she has diamonds as big as pigeons' eggs, George said, laughing. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- How do Carrier Pigeons Carry Messages? 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Seventy-two miles in two and one-half hours, a hundred and eighty in four and one-half, have been accomplished by carrier pigeons. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Take a pair of tumbler-pigeons for them--little beauties. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The pigeons and the steak have been preserved raw in stoppered bottles since the 21st of last November and the eggs since the 4th of July, 1881. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- There is no one who has not seen a magician put one or more pigeons into the drawer of one of these boxes, and after closing it open it to find that the birds have disappeared. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Some facts in regard to the colouring of pigeons well deserve consideration. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
校對:维多利亚