bird of passage

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌbɜːd əv ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/    美 /ˌbɝd əv ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A migratory bird, especially a passage migrant (“a bird that stops somewhere for a short time during a seasonal migration”).
    — There is a wonderful conformity between the vegetation of ſome plants, and the arrival of certain birds of paſſage. [Carl] Linnaeus obſerves that the wood anemone blows in Sweden on the arrival of the ſwallow; and the marſh mary-gold, Caltha, when the cuckoo ſings.
  2. Someone passing through a place and only staying for a short time; an itinerant. figuratively
    — The muſick and entertainments of Bath are over for this ſeason; and all our gay birds of paſſage have taken their flight to Briſtol-vvell, Tunbridge, Brighthelmſtone, Scarborough, Harrovvgate, &c.

词形变化

birds of passage plural

词源

Probably a calque of Middle French oiseau de passage: oiseau (“bird”), passage (“part of a journey or route, passage”).
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