n. 古代巨鸟;渡渡鸟;<美>旧派的人;<美俚>还不能单独飞行的航校学员 复数: dodos dodoes 易混淆的单词: Dodo
中文词源
dodo 渡渡鸟(不能飞行,现已灭绝)
来自葡萄牙语,傻瓜,用来指海岛上的一种见人也不跑的大鸟,基本上被海员吃灭绝了。
dodo 用法和例句
Among celebrities , there is a fanny sit , moses chan , and dodo cheng .
在名人中,有fannysit(坐),moses(摩西)陈,dodo(渡渡鸟)郑。
A great little tidbit about the next version of html5 is this : the doctype went the way of the dodo .
下一版本的html5的一个非常棒,非常有意思的地方在于:doctype跟渡渡鸟一样说拜拜了。
Can he turn it around after so many controversies over the years , or is his career now deader than a dodo ?
这么多年来极富争议的他真能改过自新?他的事业真的比灭绝了的渡渡鸟还要无可救药?
As colleges face increasing costs , the traditional tweed-coated , pipe-smoking , comfortable-job-for-life full-time professor appears to be going the way of the dodo bird .
The dodo was done in by sailors who not only killed the birds themselves but also brought to mauritius animals such as dogs and pigs that plundered their nests .
渡渡鸟会灭绝在水手手中不仅因为他们亲手射杀这些鸟,更因为他们带来的猪和狗霸占了毛里求斯动物的巢穴。
汉语翻译
n. 渡渡鸟, 留汪尼孤鸽 相关词组: as dead as a dodo
词型变化
名词复数:dodoes
英语解释
名词 dodo:
someone whose style is out of fashion同义词:fogy, fogey, fossil
extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons同义词:Raphus cucullatus
例句
He belongs to a world that seems to us now as dead as the dodo.在我们看来,他是一个落后于时代的人。
This organization is as dead as a dodo.这个组织已不复存在。
详细解释
do.do n.(名词)【复数】do.does 或 do.dos A large, clumsy, flightless bird(Raphus cucullatus), formerly of the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, that has been extinct since the late 7th century. 渡渡鸟,孤鸽:以前生于印度洋的毛里求斯岛上的一种大而笨重不会飞的鸟(渡渡鸟) ,7世纪即已绝种 Informal One whose dress, lifestyle, and ideas are hopelessly passé.【非正式用语】 落伍的人:着装、生活方式及观念严重落后于时代的人Informal A stupid person; an idiot.【非正式用语】 愚蠢之人;白痴 来源:Portuguese dodó 葡萄牙语 dodó alteration of obsolete Dutch dodors 已废荷兰语 dodors的变化 Dutch dot [tuft of feathers] 荷兰语 dot [羽毛簇] obsolete Dutch ors [tail] from Middle Dutch ôrs * see ors- 已废荷兰语 ors [尾巴] 源自 中古荷兰语 ôrs *参见 ors-