Pigeon
[ 'pɪdʒɪn ]
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n. 鸽子;<非正式>易受骗的人;<非正式>责任;
📝 例句
A pigeon was cooing up in one of the elms.
一只鸽子在榆树上咕咕地叫。
The passenger pigeon is extinct.
旅鸽已绝种。
He was a pigeon, a victim of a confidence game.
他上当受骗了。
A pigeon probably has his Huff Duff in that incrustation above his beak.
鸽子也有它的无线电高频测向仪，也许就是它喙上部的那个硬包吧。
A pigeon was cooing up in one of the elms.
一只鸽子在榆树上咕咕地叫。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ pi-拼音“批”,ge-拼音“鸽”,on-在…上:一批鸽子在天上飞
※ pig-猪,e-拼音“娥”,on-在…上:猪八戒邀请嫦娥坐在鸽子上
※ pig-猪,e-拼音“鹅”,on-在…上:想象画面“一只鹅站在猪身上,鹅头上有只鸽子”
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
pigeon
n
1
(a) [C] any of several types of wild or tame bird of the dove family 鸽子
a `carrier-/`homing-pigeon, ie one trained to carry messagesor to race as a sport 信鸽. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page iv.
(b) [U] flesh of a wild pigeon eaten as food 野鸽肉
[attrib 作定语]
pigeon pie 鸽肉排.
2 (idm 习语) `one's pigeon (infml 口) one's responsibility or business 自己的责任或事情
I don't care where the money comes from
that's not `my pigeon. 我不管钱从哪儿来, 那不是我的事. put/set the cat among the pigeons => cat1.
🎯 考研助记
皮(pi)革(ge)穿身上(on)的 鸽子 pig+e+on:猪上有鹅，鹅上有 鸽子
🔁 扩展释义
*['pidʒin]n. 鸽子, 易上当受骗的人, 年轻女子
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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OK. I'll get the waiter.
好的，我去叫侍应生来。
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as shakespeare, wrote these words, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. This good advice shows how it is possible to read
“有些书是应当尝尝滋味的，有些书是应当吞食下去的，有少数书是应当咀嚼和消化的。”这个忠告很好，它表明可以用不同的方法来阅读不同类型的书。
That's right.
对啦。