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词组 bower bird
释义 bower bird
noun
an avid collector of many and various things AUSTRALIA, 1926
From the mating habit of certain male bower birds which collect coloured items to make a display for females.
  • All fettlers are bower birds, the most notorious in railways. — Patsy Adam-Smith, Folklore of the Australian Railwaymen, p. 27, 1969
  • My father had just the right thing, thanks to his bower-bird habits. — Rex Hunt, Tall Tales–and True, p. 76, 1994
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