buzzard
n. 贪婪的人, 做营营声的小虫
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词形变化
释义与例句
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1.
Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.
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2.
Any scavenging bird, such as the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus) or the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).
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3.
In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.
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A blockhead; a dunce.
古体1640, George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum; or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc., in The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple George Herbert, London: Pickering, 1841, p. 142, An old man’s shadow is better than a young buzzard’s sword.
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Synonym of double bogey.
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A fighter plane.
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The insignia of a colonel, or a petty officer within the navy.
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A military discharge (due to the military discharge certificate).
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A bastard.
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词汇关系
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词源
From Middle English bosart, from Anglo-Norman buisart, from Old French busart, busard, a derivative ( + -ard) of Old French buison, buson (French buse), possibly from Latin būteō (“hawk”).
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