英语词汇“birdman”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

birdman

释义

bird-man, birdman
Also birdsman.
1. A man concerned with birds; an ornithologist.
1697Lond. Gaz. No. 3269/4 At Black Joe's, the German Bird-man..canary-birds.1729M. Browne Pisc. Eclog. viii. (1773) 119 The Fisher on the green-sea-deep, And Birdsman in the osier copse.1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 17 The birdmen or climbers..bringing away the birds and their eggs.1844C. Waterton Ess. Nat. Hist. (ed. 3) p. lxviii, These birdmen outwardly had the appearance of Italian banditti, but it was all outside and nothing more.1969Observer 16 Feb. 7/5 The Smithsonian staff itself is..envious of the birdmen for getting so much money. Those involved in the ornithological expedition have had to receive military clearance.
2. An aviator, airman. colloq.
1909Daily Chron. 27 Oct. 4/4, I shall say: ‘I saw the first bird-men in England, my dears.’1917‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 244 Even intrepid birdmen (war correspondentese for flying officers) tire of trying to be offensive on a patrol.1957J. Braine Room at Top iv. 44 You were both intrepid birdmen, weren't you?

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