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单词 ostrichlike
释义

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
os•trich /ˈɔstrɪtʃ, ˈɑstrɪtʃ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Birdsa two-toed, swift-footed bird that cannot fly, originally of Africa and SW Asia.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
os•trich  strich, ostrich),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Birdsa large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
  2. Birds(not used scientifically) a rhea.
  3. a person who attempts to ignore unpleasant facts or situations.
  • Late Greek strouthíōn; see struthious
  • Vulgar Latin *avistrūthius, for Latin avis bird + Late Latin strūthiō
  • Old French ostrusce (compare French autruche)
  • Middle English ostrice, ostriche 1175–1225
ostrich•like′, adj. 

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