bird of passage
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌbɜːd əv ˈpæs.ɪdʒ]
- 美式音标 [ˌbɝːd əv ˈpæs.ɪdʒ]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- 候鳥, 漂泊不定的人；過客。
英汉例句
- An archaeologist, an odd bird of passage who turns up there every three or four years or so.
一個考古學家，他是一個性情古怪、漂泊無定的人，每隔三四年左右就會來這裡一次。 - Which one of the birds is the bird of passage?
這些鳥中哪衹是候鳥? - He was a bird of passage until he married and bought a house.
他漂泊無定，直到結了婚，買了房子才安定下來。 - Andrew left for Madrid again yesterday-he's a regular bird of passage.
安德魯昨天又動身到馬德裡去了，他真是個行蹤不定的人。 - The island had been used by many generations of birds of passage, as they made the long journey south each year in search of warmer weather.
多年來，候鳥每次長途南飛尋找天氣更煖和的地方時，它們都把這個島儅作棲息地。
英英字典
- a bird that migrates (= moves from one area to another when the season changes)