pigeon

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɪ.dʒɪn/|/ˈpɪ.dʒən/    美 /ˈpɪ.dʒɪn/|/ˈpɪ.dʒən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes. countable
  2. Concern or responsibility. UK,archaic,countable,idiomatic,informal
    — It's their pigeon.
  3. The meat from this bird. uncountable
  4. A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game. Canada,US,countable,informal
  5. A pacifist, appeaser, an isolationist, a dove. countable
  6. A person hired to transport film footage out of a region where transport options are limited. countable
    — Kalb rushed to the airport and found a "pigeon" to take out the film: an American woman headed for London.
  7. A weak or useless person. Australia,countable,slang
动词 v.
  1. To deceive with a confidence game. transitive

词形变化

pigeons plural pidgeon alternative,archaic pigeons present,singular,third-person pigeoning participle,present pigeoned participle,past pigeoned past pidgeon alternative,archaic pigeons plural

词汇关系

衍生词
antipigeon blue pigeon flyer Bresse pigeon carrier-pigeon clay pigeon cock pigeon cut the pigeon wing domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica or fly the blue pigeon future pigeon Green Pigeon hen pigeon jealous as a Barbary pigeon messenger pigeon moon pigeon owl pigeon peak-crested pigeon pib pibbin pidge pigeonable pigeon band pigeon banding pigeonberry pigeon-blood pigeon blue pigeon breast pigeon-breasted pigeon breed pigeon breeder pigeon breeding pigeon bug pigeon-chested pigeon chest pigeon clock pigeon coop pigeon cot pigeon cote pigeon crop pigeon defence pigeon defense pigeon dirt pigeon disease pigeondom pigeon drop pigeon dropper pigeon dropping pigeon droppings pigeoneer pigeon English pigeoner pigeon fancier pigeon-fancier pigeon fancy pigeon fancying pigeon feather pigeon flute pigeon fly pigeonfoot pigeongram pigeongrass pigeonhawk pigeon-hearted pigeonhole pigeon-hole pigeon hole pigeonholing pigeon-holing pigeonhouse pigeon house pigeon journal pigeon keeper pigeon keeping pigeonless pigeonlike pigeon-livered pigeon loft pigeon louse fly pigeon lung pigeon magazine pigeon milk pigeon pair pigeon pea pigeon pie pigeon-pie pigeonplum pigeon plumage pigeon pose pigeon post pigeon racer pigeon racing pigeon ring pigeonry pigeon shoot pigeon's milk pigeon squab pigeon toe pigeon-toed pigeon tremex pigeonweed pigeon whistle pigeon wing pigeonwing pigeonwood pigeony pigeon young pijon put the cat among the pigeons stool pigeon street pigeon topknot pigeon utility pigeon White Pigeon

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Latin pīpiō
Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.
Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?
Latin -ō
Latin pipio
Old French pyjonbor.
Middle English pygeoun
English pigeon
Inherited from Middle English pygeoun, borrowed from Old French pyjon, inherited from Late Latin pīpiōnem (“chirping bird”), derived from Latin pīpiāre (“to chirp”), of imitative origin. Partly displaced native English dove.
词源 2
From pidgin English, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of English business during trade in the Far East. See pidgin.
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