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单词 pigeon
释义

pigeon

noun
/ˈpɪdʒɪn/
/ˈpɪdʒɪn/
Idioms
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  1. a fat grey and white bird with short legs. Pigeons are common in cities and also live in woods and fields where people shoot them for sport or food.
    • the sound of pigeons cooing
    • A pigeon strutted along the roof, cooing rhythmically.
    compare dove1 see also carrier pigeon, clay pigeon, homing pigeon, stool pigeon, wood pigeonTopics Birdsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • carrier
    • homing
    • racing
    … of pigeons
    • flock
    pigeon + verb
    • fly
    • nest
    • roost
    pigeon + noun
    • droppings
    • shit
    • coop
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French pijon, denoting a young bird, especially a young dove, from an alteration of late Latin pipio(n-), ‘young cheeping bird’, of imitative origin.
Idioms
be somebody’s pigeon
  1. (British English, old-fashioned) to be somebody’s responsibility or business
put/set the cat among the pigeons
  1. (British English) to say or do something that is likely to cause trouble
    • Then she told them she was dropping out of college. That really set the cat among the pigeons.
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