snowbird
英 [ˈsnəʊbɜːd]
美 [ˈsnoʊbɜːrd]
n. 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
COCA.30406
牛津词典
noun
- 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
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
英英释义
noun
- small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
- white Arctic bunting
- medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
双语例句
- I guess this Snowbird has their accountant pay the bills.
我猜他们有会计付账。 - The snowbird sings his everyday song, and tells me that the flowers will bloom again when Spring is coming.
雪鸟唱着她每天爱唱的歌，告诉我春天要来，花儿会再度绽放。 - We'll do our best but if they use a real Snowbird and he gets caught, we won't lift a finger. we'll just tell them nothing can be clone.
万一他们雇用一个有可卡因瘾的人，而这个人被捕了，那咱们就懒得管了，只好直截了当地告诉他们：咱们无能为力。 - To retain those valuable employees, the company has launched a "Snowbird" program that lets them work up north in the summer and in the south for the winter.
为了留住这些有价值的员工，该公司已经推出了“雪鸟”（snowbird，比喻冬季向南方迁徙，夏季向北方迁徙的北美人&译注）计划，允许他们夏季在北方工作，冬季则前往南方工作。 - He said Snowbird "is not a practical method of transport".
他说雪鸟“不是一种实用的交通工具”。 - Mr Reichert, a PhD student at the University of Toronto, said the Snowbird "represents the completion of an age-old aeronautical dream".
理查特先生是多伦多大学的博士生，他说雪鸟“象征着一个古老的航空梦想的实现”。