读音

/pɪˈdʒɑːn/

释义

• 名词: 鸽子，一种常见的鸟类，通常指家鸽或鸽子科的成员。例如: “A flock of pigeons was feeding in the park.”
• 名词: (俚语) 指容易受骗的人。例如: “Don’t be such a pigeon and fall for that scam.”

短语

• “Pigeon post” 指使用鸽子传递信件的方式。
• “Pigeon hole” 作为动词时，意为分类、归档；作为名词时，指的是小抽屉或小格子，常用于分类存放物品。

例句

• 名词: “The doves and pigeons were cooing softly in the trees.”
• 俚语: “He thought he was clever, but his friends called him a pigeon for being so trusting.”

同义词

• Dove
• Fowl
• Bird
• Columbidae (科学名称)
• Squab (指年轻的鸽子)