Bird

　　Basic need

　　音形義

　　Everyday Expressions

　　n. 鳥(niǎo)

　　She killed two birds with one stone by shopping and visiting the museum on the same trip. (她 出門(mén)一次，既買(mǎi)了東西又參觀了博物館，真是一舉兩得。)

　　n. 家伙，人

　　She is a strange bird.

　　衍生詞語(yǔ)

　　birdy (小鳥(niǎo)球,高爾夫兩桿進(jìn)洞球。一桿進(jìn)洞球---eagle。

　　常見(jiàn)搭配 Useful Phrases

　　益鳥(niǎo) --- a useful bird

　　害鳥(niǎo) --- a pernicious bird

　　候鳥(niǎo) --- a bird of passage

　　不死鳥(niǎo)(長(zhǎng)生鳥(niǎo)) --- the bird of wonder (phoenix)

　　鳥(niǎo)瞰圖，要點(diǎn) --- bird’s eye view

　　習(xí)語(yǔ)與俗語(yǔ) Idioms & Slangs

　　bird in the bush --- 沒(méi)把握的事

　　bird in the hand --- 有把握的事

　　the birds and the bees --- (對(duì)孩子解釋的)有關(guān)兩性關(guān)系的基本常識(shí)

　　early bird---最早的人,早起的人

　　flip/ give somebody the bird --- 罵人的話(give somebody the finger)

　　生活用語(yǔ) Street Talks

　　A: I’ll never be a telephone operator! That job is for the birds(毫無(wú)價(jià)值的/無(wú)聊 的)

　　B: That’s you! Personally, I think it’s an interesting job.

　　A: Gee, you are one strange bird. (古怪的人)

　　A: Hi Rick,guess what, Wallace’s twenty years old and doesn’t Know about the birds and the bees.

　　B: You’re kidding!

　　C: Hey guys, what’re you talking about?

　　A: We’re talking about Wallace.

　　C: What about him?

　　B: Jack says Wallace doesn’t know about the birds and the bees!!!

　　C: That explains why he’s a bird-watcher! (喜歡盯著女人看的男人)

　　A: What are you doing up here?

　　B: I want to get a bird’s eye view of the campus. I don’t think I’ll ever be an early bird.

　　A: Do you see that?

　　B: What?

　　A: That guy just gave you the bird!

　　電影對(duì)白 Transcripts

　　對(duì)話 Little Jenny: Pray with me, Forrest. Pray with me. Dear God, make me a bird, so I can fly far, far far away from here. Dear God, make me a bird...

　　Forrest: Mama always said that God is mysterious. He didn’t turn Jenny into a bird that day. Instead, he had the police say that Jenny didn’t have to stay in that house no more. 《阿甘正傳》