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snowbird

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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snow·bird /ˈsnəʊbɜːd $ ˈsnoʊbɜːrd/ noun [countable] American English informal  SSOLD/NOT YOUNGsomeone, especially an old person, who every year leaves their home in a cold part of the US to go and live in a warm part of the US for the winter 〔每年迁往温暖地方过冬的〕候鸟老人
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snowbirdBaseball was a one-month gig that left like the rest of snowbirds come April.After all the snowbirds, Tourons, sissies and failed Californios dry up and blow away.
snow·bird nounChineseSyllable
someone, person, leaves Corpus who an every their especially year old


snowbird
snowbird /ˈsnəʊbɜːd $ ˈsnoʊbɜːrd/ noun [countable] American English informal
someone, especially an old person, who every year leaves their home in a cold part of the US to go and live in a warm part of the US for the winter


snow·birdBrE /ˈsnəʊbɜːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsnoʊbɜːrd/ 🔊 noun (NAmE, informal) a person who spends the winter in a warmer climate, especially an old person from the north of the US, or from Canada, who spends the winter in the south 到温暖地带过冬的人;(尤指美国北方或加拿大到南方过冬的)候鸟老人