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词汇 yardbird
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Definition of yardbird in English:

yardbird

nounˈjɑːdbəːdˈjɑrdbərd
US informal
  • 1A new military recruit, especially one assigned to menial tasks.

    (尤指被分配做勤务的)入伍新兵

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A stitch in one argent yardbird's stripe, probably saves nine.
    • Getting the yardbird orchestrating attacks off the street is far more important to the lives of your soldiers than a little wounded pride over a screwed up form.
    • Sergeants, once chosen to sit at the right hand of God because of singular abilities to make bone-headed privates see things the Army way, shrank from shouting at psychoneurotic yardbirds because doing so might get them in deep trouble.
    • The yardbirds are in the throes of rumour-induced psychosis after being gripped by speculation that our entire unit is about to be transported to a faraway place.
    Synonyms
    novice, starter, learner, student, pupil, trainee, apprentice, probationer
  • 2A convict.

    罪犯,囚犯

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Jim also identified negative effects such as younger inmates being taken advantage of by older predatory yardbirds, and some ultimately becoming cheetos-metamorphoses that Jim doesn't approve of.
    • The working convict is a rare exception, sometimes envied because his time is occupied, sometimes derided for his deviance from the yardbird norm.
    Synonyms
    prisoner, convict, detainee, inmate

Origin

1940s: perhaps suggested by jailbird.

Definition of yardbird in US English:

yardbird

nounˈyärdbərdˈjɑrdbərd
US informal
  • 1A new military recruit, especially one assigned to menial tasks.

    (尤指被分配做勤务的)入伍新兵

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A stitch in one argent yardbird's stripe, probably saves nine.
    • The yardbirds are in the throes of rumour-induced psychosis after being gripped by speculation that our entire unit is about to be transported to a faraway place.
    • Sergeants, once chosen to sit at the right hand of God because of singular abilities to make bone-headed privates see things the Army way, shrank from shouting at psychoneurotic yardbirds because doing so might get them in deep trouble.
    • Getting the yardbird orchestrating attacks off the street is far more important to the lives of your soldiers than a little wounded pride over a screwed up form.
    Synonyms
    novice, starter, learner, student, pupil, trainee, apprentice, probationer
  • 2A convict.

    罪犯,囚犯

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The working convict is a rare exception, sometimes envied because his time is occupied, sometimes derided for his deviance from the yardbird norm.
    • Jim also identified negative effects such as younger inmates being taken advantage of by older predatory yardbirds, and some ultimately becoming cheetos-metamorphoses that Jim doesn't approve of.
    Synonyms
    prisoner, convict, detainee, inmate
  • 3A chicken.

Origin

1940s: perhaps suggested by jailbird.

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