pigeon

Word family nounpigeonrypigeonholepigeonholerpigeonadjectivepigeon-toed

pi·geon /ˈpɪdʒɪn/ noun → pidgin

[countableC]HBP a grey bird with short legs that is common in cities 鸽子 →4 See picture of 见图 BITE 1

→ carrier pigeon, clay pigeon shooting, homing pigeon

Examples from the Corpus

pigeon• But the passenger pigeon, as we now know this bird, was a mixed blessing for the Pilgrims.• It must be Jack again, shooting pigeons.• There were two schools of thought about the Trafalgar Square pigeons.• Commissioning the Royal Philharmonic is likely to set the cat among the pigeons.• What was I supposed to do, look at the pigeons?• Some men thought more about their whippets or their pigeons - they thought nowt of slinging the wife out on the street.• But for the last twenty-five years, economists have criticized Keynesian stimuli the way pigeons criticize statues.

Origin pigeon

(1300-1400) Old French pijon, from Late Latin pipio “young bird”

词汇	pigeon
释义	pigeon Word family nounpigeonrypigeonholepigeonholerpigeonadjectivepigeon-toed pi·geon /ˈpɪdʒɪn/ ●○○ noun → pidgin [countableC]HBP a grey bird with short legs that is common in cities 鸽子 →4 See picture of 见图 BITE 1 → carrier pigeon, clay pigeon shooting, homing pigeon Examples from the Corpus pigeon• But the passenger pigeon, as we now know this bird, was a mixed blessing for the Pilgrims.• It must be Jack again, shooting pigeons.• There were two schools of thought about the Trafalgar Square pigeons.• Commissioning the Royal Philharmonic is likely to set the cat among the pigeons.• What was I supposed to do, look at the pigeons?• Some men thought more about their whippets or their pigeons - they thought nowt of slinging the wife out on the street.• But for the last twenty-five years, economists have criticized Keynesian stimuli the way pigeons criticize statues. Origin pigeon (1300-1400) Old French pijon, from Late Latin pipio “young bird”
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