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
- 候鸟, 漂泊不定的人；过客。
英汉例句
- An archaeologist, an odd bird of passage who turns up there every three or four years or so.
一个考古学家，他是一个性情古怪、漂泊无定的人，每隔三四年左右就会来这里一次。 - Which one of the birds is the bird of passage?
这些鸟中哪只是候鸟? - He was a bird of passage until he married and bought a house.
他漂泊无定，直到结了婚，买了房子才安定下来。 - Andrew left for Madrid again yesterday-he's a regular bird of passage.
安德鲁昨天又动身到马德里去了，他真是个行踪不定的人。 - 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.
多年来，候鸟每次长途南飞寻找天气更暖和的地方时，它们都把这个岛当作栖息地。
英英字典
- a bird that migrates (= moves from one area to another when the season changes)