词汇精选:pigeon的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
n.
鸽子 [C]
例句:
A pigeon perched on our porch railing.
一只鸽子栖息在我们门廊的栏杆上。
例句:
A pigeon was cooing up in one of the elms.
一只鸽子在榆树上咕咕地叫。
(食用的)鸽肉 [U]
例句:
I've no idea how to prepare the pigeon.
我不知道怎样烧鸽子。
例句:
So a big pigeon pie was brought in and put on a side-table.
于是,仆人端来了一大块鸽肉馅饼,放在一张茶几上。
(作为射击目标的)土鸽飞靶 [C]
例句:
All the can shoot is a clay pigeon.
所能射击的不过是一个容易的非移动靶。
【俚】傻瓜;易受骗的人 [C]
例句:
Are you a pigeon?
你是易受骗的人吗?
例句:
He was a pigeon, a victim of a confidence game.
他上当受骗了。
v.
(尤指赌博时)诈骗 [T]
例句:
John sat down with him in private to cards and pigeoned him.
约翰和他私下坐下来玩牌,并诈骗他。
二、词义辨析:
dove,pigeon
这两个名词均表示“鸽”之意。dove指较小品种的鸽,美国称为野鸽。 pigeon多指家鸽。
三、相关短语:
carrier pigeon
n. 传信鸽
stool pigeon
n. 诱捕用的鸽子,诱饵,密探
homing pigeon
n.传信鸽,信鸽
pigeon breast
胸骨凸出畸形,鸡胸
pigeon pea
木豆
rock pigeon
n.(=rock dove)野鸽
clay pigeon
n. 陶土飞靶(盘状,挺身而出空中供打靶用)
passenger pigeon
n. [鸟]候鸽(原产于北美)
pigeon hawk
n. [鸟](美国产的)一种小鹰
wood pigeon
n. [鸟]斑尾林鸽, 斑鸠
四、参考例句:
Are you a pigeon?
你是易受骗的人吗?
They are pigeon fanciers.
他们是些养鸽迷。
The passenger pigeon is extinct.
旅鸽已绝种。
A pigeon perched on our porch railing.
一只鸽子栖息在我们门廊的栏杆上。
Rebecca is a pigeon with no pigeonhole.
丽贝卡是一位难以形容的漂亮姑娘。
A pigeon stood on our porch railing.
一只鸽子立在我们门廊的栏杆上。
The pigeon homed from a distance of 100 miles.
鸽子从百英里之外返回窝巢。
White pigeon wheel and hover, trickling the melodious whistle.
雪白的鸽子盘旋飞翔,流淌下一串悦耳的哨音。
A pigeon emerges, wings flapping noisily, from the tower.
一只鸽子从塔里钻出来,扑扑地拍打着翅膀。
A pigeon was cooing up in one of the elms.
一只鸽子在其中一棵榆树上咕咕地叫。