| 单词 | to hear a bird sing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hear a bird sing d. to hear a bird sing, etc., denoting the receipt of private information. (Cf. bird n. 15.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > give information [verb (intransitive)] > be informed > privately to hear a bird sing1600 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. v. 105 I heard a bird so sing, Whose musique, to my thinking, pleasde the King. View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Fff/2 I heard a Bird sing, they mean him no good office. 1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal ii 14 I..heard besides a grave Bird sing That they intend, sweet-heart, to play us pranks. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. vi. iii. 174 I have had a bird too singing something in my ear these two days past. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095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。