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bird BrE /bɜːd/
NAmE /bɜːrd/► SEE ALLthe bird has flowna bird in the hand is worth two in the busha bird of passageflip/give/shoot sb the birdnot say/hear a dicky birdthe early bird catches the wormeat like a bird(as) free as (the) air/as a birda home birda little bird told me (that…)a rare bird
●the bird has ˈflownthe person who was being chased or looked for has escaped or gone away 追赶（或要找）的人逃走了◆The police raided the house at dawn, but the bird had flown.
黎明时分警方突袭了那所房子，可是要抓捕的人已经逃走了。●a bird in the ˌhand is worth two in the ˈbush (saying) it is better to be satisfied with what you have got than to lose it trying to get sth more or better 一鸟在手胜过二鸟在林；奢求不如实得●a ˌbird of ˈpassagea person who does not stay in a place for very long 漂泊不定的人；过客●flip/give/shoot sb the ˈbird (NAmE, slang) make a rude sign at sb with your middle finger 冲某人竖起中指（以示侮辱）●not say/hear a ˈdicky bird (BrE, informal) say/hear nothing 什么也没说／没听见◆Don’t look at me! I didn’t say a dicky bird.别看我！我什么也没说。◆We haven’t heard a dicky bird from her for weeks.几周以来我们没收到她的任何消息。 ORIGIN This idiom is from rhyming slang, in which dicky bird stands for ‘word’. 这个习语源于同韵俚语 dicky bird，意为 word （词）。●the ˌearly bird catches the ˈworm (saying) you have to get up early or do sth before others in order to be successful 捷足先登；早到早得▸ an ˈearly bird noun (humorous)
a person who gets up, arrives, etc. very early 早起者；早到者；早行动者●eat like a ˈbirdeat very little 吃得很少◆She’s so afraid of putting on weight that she eats like a bird.她很害怕长胖，所以吃得极少。●(as) free as (the) ˈair/as a ˈbirdcompletely free 完全自由；像空气（或小鸟）一样无拘无束◆You can’t imagine what it’s like to feel as free as the air. Nobody who hasn’t been in prison can imagine it.你想象不出如行云般自由的感觉是啥样，任何没进过监狱的人都想象不出来。●a ˈhome birda person who spends most of the time at home because they are happiest there 喜欢呆在家里的人；恋家的人◆Sheila’s a home bird really. She likes to spend her free time around the house or in the garden.希拉真是恋家，闲暇时总是喜欢在房子或者花园里转。●a little ˈbird told me (that…) (spoken) I have heard about sth but I do not want to say who told me 有人私下告诉我；消息灵通的人告诉我◆A little bird told me you might be applying for another job. Is that true?我听说你可能正在另找工作，是真的吗？◆‘How did you know I was getting married?’ ‘Oh, a little bird told me.’“你怎么知道我快结婚了？”“哦，我有线人啦。”●a rare ˈbirda person or thing that is unusual, often because they have/it has two very different interests or qualities 罕见的人（或物）；珍品（常因同时具有两种迥异的爱好和特性）◆Jill is a very rare bird, a good politician and an excellent listener.吉尔真不是一般人，她既是出色的政治家又善于倾听别人的意见。 ORIGIN This expression is a translation of the Latin idiom ‘rara avis’. 这个表达法是拉丁语习语 rara avis 的直译。 |