单词乎

dodo

音标['dәudәu]

汉语翻译

n. 渡渡鸟, 留汪尼孤鸽
相关词组:
as dead as a dodo

词型变化

名词复数:dodoes 

英语解释

名词 dodo:

  1. someone whose style is out of fashion
    同义词:fogy, fogey, fossil
  2. extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons
    同义词:Raphus cucullatus

例句

  1. He belongs to a world that seems to us now as dead as the dodo.
    在我们看来,他是一个落后于时代的人。
  2. This organization is as dead as a dodo.
    这个组织已不复存在。

详细解释


do.do

n.(名词)
【复数】 do.does 或 do.dos
A large, clumsy, flightless bird(Raphus cucullatus), formerly of the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, that has been extinct since the late 7th century.
渡渡鸟,孤鸽:以前生于印度洋的毛里求斯岛上的一种大而笨重不会飞的鸟(渡渡鸟) ,7世纪即已绝种
Informal One whose dress, lifestyle, and ideas are hopelessly passé.
【非正式用语】 落伍的人:着装、生活方式及观念严重落后于时代的人
Informal A stupid person; an idiot.
【非正式用语】 愚蠢之人;白痴

来源:
Portuguese dodó
葡萄牙语 dodó
alteration of obsolete Dutch dodors
已废荷兰语 dodors的变化
Dutch dot [tuft of feathers]
荷兰语 dot [羽毛簇]
obsolete Dutch ors [tail] from Middle Dutch ôrs * see ors-
已废荷兰语 ors [尾巴] 源自 中古荷兰语 ôrs *参见 ors-


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