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yardbird

yardbird
首字母 y 尾字母 d
英音 ['jɑːdbɜːd]

yardbird['jɑːdbɜːd]

释义

  • n. 新兵;囚犯

词源

yardbird (n.)
"convict," 1956, from yard (n.1) + bird (n.1), from the notion of prison yards; earlier it meant "basic trainee" (World War II armed forces slang).