单词 | dodo |
释义 | dodo —dodoism, n. /doh"doh/, n. , pl. dodos, dodoes. 1. any 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. a dull-witted, slow-reacting person. 3. a person with old-fashioned, conservative, or outmoded ideas. 4. a thing that is outmoded or obsolete. [1620-30; < Pg doudo, fool, madman (of uncert. orig.); the bird appar. so called from its clumsy appearance] |
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