ostrich
ostrich 英 [ˈɒstrɪtʃ] 美 [ˈɑstrɪtʃ]
n. 鸵鸟；鸵鸟般的人
名词复数:ostriches
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- n. 鸵鸟；鸵鸟般的人
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1. Some Italians eat donkeys; South Africans eat ostrich.
有些意大利人吃驴；南非人吃鸵鸟。
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2. He could not say what a parrot or even the unmistakable ostrich was.
他说不清楚鹦鹉是什么或者连不会认错的鸵鸟也不知道。
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3. Like an ostrich, she thought that if she couldn’t see me, then I don’t exist or at least I’d go away.
就想传说中的鸵鸟一样，她以为她这样不看我，我就不存在，估计在想没人搭理的话我得走啊。
- ostrich (n.) early 13c., from Old French ostruce "ostrich" (Modern French autruche) and Medieval Latin ostrica, ostrigius, all from Vulgar Latin avis struthio, from Latin avis "bird" (from PIE root *awi- "bird") + Late Latin struthio "ostrich," from Greek strouthion "ostrich," from strouthos megale "big sparrow," perhaps from PIE *trozdo- "thrush" (see thrush (n.1)). The Greeks also knew the bird as strouthokamelos "camel-sparrow," for its long neck. Among its proverbial peculiarities are indiscriminate voracity (especially a habit of swallowing iron and stone to aid digestion), want of regard for its eggs, and a tendency to hide its head when pursued.Ostriches do put their heads in the sand, but ostrich farmers say they do this in search of something to eat.
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