英语词汇“hedge-bird”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	hedge-bird
释义	ˈhedge-bird 1. Any bird that lives in or frequents hedges. 1884Jefferies in Chamb. Jrnl. 1 Mar. 130/1 The hedge-sparrows..are early in spring joined by the whitethroats, almost the first hedgebirds to return. 2. transf. A person born, brought up, or accustomed to loiter under a hedge; a vagrant; a sturdy vagabond; a footpad. Cf. gaol-bird. 1614B. Jonson Barth. Fair ii. i, Out, you rogue, you hedge-bird, you pimp.1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals i. i. 6 His garb spoke him rather a Hedge-bird.1706Estcourt Fair Examp. v. i, I know there's some Business a-foot by this Hedge-bird's cackling.1877Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 287 They were highwaymen and hedge-birds.
随便看	co-operancy co-operant co-operate co-operation co-operative co-operator co-operatress co-operatrix co-opere coopering cooperison cooperite Cooper's-wood coopery coopie cooping coople coopsman co-opt co-optable co-optate co-optation co-optative co-optee co-option

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。