| [/ˈpɪdʒɪn; ˋpɪdʒən/] n 用法:
1 (a) [C] any of several types of wild or tame bird of the dove family 鸽子:
a `carrier-/`homing-pigeon, ie one trained to carry messagesor to race as a sport 信鸽. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page iv.
(b) [U] flesh of a wild pigeon eaten as food 野鸽肉:
[attrib 作定语] pigeon pie 鸽肉排. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) `one's pigeon (infml) one's responsibility or business 自己的责任或事情:
I don't care where the money comes from:
that's not `my pigeon. 我不管钱从哪儿来, 那不是我的事. put/set the cat among the pigeons => cat1. |