释义 |
red bird noun- a capsule of secobarbital sodium (trade name Seconal), a central nervous system depressant US
- [W]e have a pretty complete exhibit of the little pills downtown. Bluejays, redbirds, yellow jackets, goofballs, and all the rest of the list. — Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, p. 230, 1953
- Well, let’s see. I still got some redbirds and yellowjackets. — Emmett Grogan, Final Score, p. 81, 1976
- the AH-1G Cobra helicopter US
Used purely as a gunship in the Vietnam war from 1971 until the end of the conflict. - — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 45, 1991
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