| 单词 | pouter pigeon |
| 释义 | pouter pigeon (once / 104596 pages) n WORD FAMILY pouter pigeon: pouter pigeons USAGE EXAMPLESHe always marched about with his chest stuck out like a pouter pigeon, and he called out “On the word One—” on every possible occasion. T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958) Human evolution is not so simple or so conspicuous a thing as the evolution of the pouter pigeon. Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry), Human Personality and its Survival...(2012) Persis herself was like a pouter pigeon strutting and preening her high breast. Hughes, Rupert, What Will People Say?—A novel(2011) n one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out Syn|Hyper pouter pigeon wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs |
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