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

15. A source of information whose identity the speaker chooses to keep secret. Usually used playfully in little bird, as in a little bird told me. Cf. a little birdie at birdie n. Phrases 1.See also to hear a bird sing at sing v.¹ 10d.

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society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > person who > private or special

bird1546

relator1607

a little birdie1881

tipster1884

one's spies1955

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hiii I dyd lately here..By one byrd, that in myne eare was late chauntyng.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. v. 105 We beare our ciuil swords..As farre as France, I heard a bird so sing.

1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 23 May (1948) I. 277 You quarrelled this morning..: I heard the little bird say so.

1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxxi. 47 ‘Who told you I was called Carl David?’ ‘A little bird, monsieur.’

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. vi. lix. 314 I know all about it. I have a confidential little bird.

1923 Humorist 29 Dec. 560/2 The mother said nothing about the letter, but took refuge in the ancient ‘A little bird whispered to me.’

1959 G. D. Painter Marcel Proust I. xi. 181 A little bird..informed the society columnist of Le Gaulois.

2003 S. Mackay Heligoland (2004) ii. 19 Come on then, girlie, let's go home for tea. A little bird told me that there will be scones and jam.

单词	a little bird told me
释义	> as lemmas a little bird told me 15. A source of information whose identity the speaker chooses to keep secret. Usually used playfully in little bird, as in a little bird told me. Cf. a little birdie at birdie n. Phrases 1.See also to hear a bird sing at sing v.¹ 10d. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > person who > private or special bird1546 relator1607 a little birdie1881 tipster1884 one's spies1955 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hiii I dyd lately here..By one byrd, that in myne eare was late chauntyng. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. v. 105 We beare our ciuil swords..As farre as France, I heard a bird so sing. View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 23 May (1948) I. 277 You quarrelled this morning..: I heard the little bird say so. 1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxxi. 47 ‘Who told you I was called Carl David?’ ‘A little bird, monsieur.’ 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. vi. lix. 314 I know all about it. I have a confidential little bird. 1923 Humorist 29 Dec. 560/2 The mother said nothing about the letter, but took refuge in the ancient ‘A little bird whispered to me.’ 1959 G. D. Painter Marcel Proust I. xi. 181 A little bird..informed the society columnist of Le Gaulois. 2003 S. Mackay Heligoland (2004) ii. 19 Come on then, girlie, let's go home for tea. A little bird told me that there will be scones and jam. extracted from birdn. < as lemmas
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