bird of passage

美 [ˌbɜːrd əv ˈpæsɪdʒ]英 [ˌbɜːd əv ˈpæsɪdʒ]
  • n.候鸟;过客

复数: birds of passage

bird of passagebird of passage

noun

【不规则形式】pl. birds of passage
1

候鸟
a bird that travels regularly from one part of the world to another at different seasons of the year

2

过客
a person who passes through a place without staying there long

bird of passage

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 漂泊不定的人
    If you refer to someone as a bird of passage, you mean that they are staying in a place for a short time before going to another place.

    Most of these emigrants were birds of passage who returned to Spain after a relatively short stay.

    这些移民大多数都是作短暂停留后即返回西班牙的匆匆过客。

noun

1
any bird that migrates seasonally
2
someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
Synonym: wanderer roamer rover

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  1. You can 't find him , he is a bird of passage .

    你打找不到他,他是一行踪不定的人。

  2. He was a bird of passage until he married and bought a house .

    他漂泊无定,直到结了婚,买了房子才安定下来。

  3. with a voice that told of home , like the voice that is heard by the bird of passage .

    它的声音像画眉那样清脆,像人心那样充满了活力。远方飞回的候鸟听着它,像是听到了故国的歌曲。

  4. Andrew left for Madrid again yesterday-he 's a regular bird of passage .

    安德鲁昨天又动身到马德里去了,他真是个行踪不定的人。

  5. He is a wanderer on the face of the earth . I 'm not a bird of passage .

    我不是漂泊不定的人。

  6. I 'm a bird of passage , dah-ling , just flitting through .

    亲爱的,我是只飞来飞去信使鸟,为的就是完成这些。