bird of passage
英 [ˌbɜːd əv ˈpæsɪdʒ]
美 [ˌbɜːrd əv ˈpæsɪdʒ]
n. 候鸟; 过客
牛津词典
noun
- 候鸟
a bird that travels regularly from one part of the world to another at different seasons of the year - 过客
a person who passes through a place without staying there long
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 漂泊不定的人
If you refer to someone as abird 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。
- Most of these emigrants were birds of passage who returned to Spain after a relatively short stay.
英英释义
noun
- any bird that migrates seasonally
- someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。