一、詳細(xì)釋義:


n.

鴿子 [C]


例句:

A pigeon perched on our porch railing.

一只鴿子棲息在我們門廊的欄桿上。


例句:

A pigeon was cooing up in one of the elms.

一只鴿子在榆樹上咕咕地叫。


(食用的)鴿肉 [U]


例句:

I've no idea how to prepare the pigeon.

我不知道怎樣燒鴿子。


例句:

So a big pigeon pie was brought in and put on a side-table.

于是,仆人端來了一大塊鴿肉餡餅,放在一張茶幾上。


(作為射擊目標(biāo)的)土鴿飛靶 [C]


例句:

All the can shoot is a clay pigeon.

所能射擊的不過是一個(gè)容易的非移動(dòng)靶。


【俚】傻瓜;易受騙的人 [C]


例句:

Are you a pigeon?

你是易受騙的人嗎?


例句:

He was a pigeon, a victim of a confidence game.

他上當(dāng)受騙了。


v.

(尤指賭博時(shí))詐騙 [T]


例句:

John sat down with him in private to cards and pigeoned him.

約翰和他私下坐下來玩牌,并詐騙他。


二、詞義辨析:


dove,pigeon

這兩個(gè)名詞均表示“鴿”之意。 dove指較小品種的鴿,美國(guó)稱為野鴿。 pigeon多指家鴿。


三、相關(guān)短語:


carrier pigeon

n. 傳信鴿


stool pigeon

n. 誘捕用的鴿子,誘餌,密探


homing pigeon

n.傳信鴿,信鴿


pigeon breast

胸骨凸出畸形,雞胸


pigeon pea

木豆


rock pigeon

n.(=rock dove)野鴿


clay pigeon

n. 陶土飛靶(盤狀,挺身而出空中供打靶用)


passenger pigeon

n. [鳥]候鴿(原產(chǎn)于北美)


pigeon hawk

n. [鳥](美國(guó)產(chǎn)的)一種小鷹


wood pigeon

n. [鳥]斑尾林鴿, 斑鳩


四、參考例句:


Are you a pigeon?

你是易受騙的人嗎?


They are pigeon fanciers.

他們是些養(yǎng)鴿迷。


The passenger pigeon is extinct.

旅鴿已絕種。


A pigeon perched on our porch railing.

一只鴿子棲息在我們門廊的欄桿上。


Rebecca is a pigeon with no pigeonhole.

麗貝卡是一位難以形容的漂亮姑娘。


A pigeon stood on our porch railing.

一只鴿子立在我們門廊的欄桿上。


The pigeon homed from a distance of 100 miles.

鴿子從百英里之外返回窩巢。


White pigeon wheel and hover, trickling the melodious whistle.

雪白的鴿子盤旋飛翔,流淌下一串悅耳的哨音。


A pigeon emerges, wings flapping noisily, from the tower.

一只鴿子從塔里鉆出來,撲撲地拍打著翅膀。


A pigeon was cooing up in one of the elms.

一只鴿子在其中一棵榆樹上咕咕地叫。