jailbird
英 ['d?e?lb??d]
美['d?elb?d]
- n. 囚犯；累犯；惡痞
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?jailbirds;
中文詞源
jailbird 長期坐牢的囚犯
jail,監(jiān)獄，bird,鳥。比喻用法，用于指長期坐牢的囚犯。
英文詞源
- jailbird (n.)
- 1610s, based on an image of a caged bird; from jail (n.) + bird (n.1).
雙語例句
- 1. The jailbird cast about him for a way of escape.
- 囚犯在他周圍尋找逃跑的途徑.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Will Frances Liss divorce her jailbird husband to marry her tennis pro?
- 弗朗西·利斯會和她作囚徒的丈夫離婚,嫁給她打網(wǎng)球伙伴 嗎 ?
來自辭典例句
- 3. I Was Once a " Jailbird "
- 我當過 “ 囚犯 ”
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