scarecrow
n. 稻草人, 衣衫褴褛的人
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释义与例句
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1.
An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there.
稻草人
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2.
A person or animal regarded as resembling a scarecrow (sense 1) in some way; especially, a tall, thin, awkward person; or a person wearing ragged and tattered clothes.
骨瘦如柴的人
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Synonym of crow scarer (“a farmhand employed to scare birds from the fields”).
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Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger; a paper tiger.
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Military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage.
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The black tern (Chlidonias niger).
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The hooded crow (Corvus cornix).
方言 废旧
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1.
To cause (a person, their body, etc.) to look awkward and stiff, like a scarecrow (noun sense 1).
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To cause (a person, their body, etc.) to look awkward and stiff, like a scarecrow (noun sense 1).
To splay (one's arms) away from the body, like the arms of a scarecrow.
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To frighten or terrify (someone or something), as if using a scarecrow.
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To spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing.
古体 及物
词汇关系
同义词 2
上位词 3
词源
The noun is derived from scare (“to frighten, startle, terrify”) + crow (“bird of the genus Corvus”). The word displaced other terms such as bogle (now dialectal, dated), sewel or shewel, and shoy-hoy (perhaps imitative of the cry of crows). The verb is derived from the noun.
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