buzzard

C2 FREQ #25495

n. 贪婪的人, 做营营声的小虫

发音

AU /ˈbʌzəɹd/

词形变化

buzzards 复数

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 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. 2.

    Any scavenging bird, such as the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus) or the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).

    加拿大 美国
  3. 3.

    In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.

    非正式 贬义 俚语
  4. 4.

    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.

  5. 5.

    Synonym of double bogey.

    体育
  6. 6.

    A fighter plane.

    美国 俚语 政治 军事
  7. 7.

    The insignia of a colonel, or a petty officer within the navy.

    美国 过时 俚语 政治 军事
  8. 8.

    A military discharge (due to the military discharge certificate).

    美国 俚语 政治 军事
  9. 1.

    A bastard.

    委婉

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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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