pigeon

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pi·geon /ˈpɪdʒɪn/ ●○○ noun  [countable]HBP a grey bird with short legs that is common in cities 鸽子 →4  See picture of 见图 BITE 1 → carrier pigeon, clay pigeon shooting, homing pigeon

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pigeon• But the passenger pigeon, as we now know this bird, was a mixed blessing for the Pilgrims.• It must be Jack again, shooting pigeons.• There were two schools of thought about the Trafalgar Square pigeons.• Commissioning the Royal Philharmonic is likely to set the cat among the pigeons.• What was I supposed to do, look at the pigeons?• Some men thought more about their whippets or their pigeons - they thought nowt of slinging the wife out on the street.• But for the last twenty-five years, economists have criticized Keynesian stimuli the way pigeons criticize statues.Origin pigeon (1300-1400) Old French pijon, from Late Latin pipio “young bird”

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pigeon
pi‧geon /ˈpɪdʒən, ˈpɪdʒɪn/ noun [countable] a grey bird with short legs that is common in cities
⇨ carrier pigeon, clay pigeon shooting, homing pigeon

pi·geonBrE /ˈpɪdʒɪn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɪdʒɪn/ 🔊 nouna fat grey and white bird with short legs. Pigeons are common in cities and also live in woods and fields where people shoot them for sport or food. 鸽子◆the sound of pigeons cooing鸽子咕咕的叫声  ➡  compare dove1 (1)  ➡  see also carrier pigeon, clay pigeon shooting, homing pigeon, wood pigeon ●be sb's pigeon(old-fashioned, BrE) to be sb's responsibility or business 是某人的职责（或事情）●put/set the cat among the ˈpigeons(BrE) to say or do sth that is likely to cause trouble 引起麻烦；招惹是非