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单词 dodoism
释义

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
do•do /ˈdoʊdoʊ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -dos, -does. 
  1. Birdsa large, extinct, flightless bird of the pigeon family.
  2. Slang Termsa dull-witted, slow-reacting person.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
do•do  (dōdō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -dos, -does. 
  1. Birdsany of several clumsy, flightless, extinct birds of the genera Raphus and Pezophaps, related to pigeons but about the size of a turkey, formerly inhabiting the islands of Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodriguez.
  2. Slang Termsa dull-witted, slow-reacting person.
  3. a person with old-fashioned, conservative, or outmoded ideas.
  4. a thing that is outmoded or obsolete.
  • Portuguese doudo, fool, madman (of uncertain origin, originally); the bird apparently so called from its clumsy appearance
  • 1620–30
dodo•ism, n. 

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