pigeon
n
1
(a) [C] any of several types of wild or tame bird of the dove family 鸽子
a `carrier-/`homing-pigeon, ie one trained to carry messagesor to race as a sport 信鸽. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page iv.
(b) [U] flesh of a wild pigeon eaten as food 野鸽肉
[attrib 作定语]
pigeon pie 鸽肉排.
2 (idm 习语) `one's pigeon (infml 口) one's responsibility or business 自己的责任或事情
I don't care where the money comes from
that's not `my pigeon. 我不管钱从哪儿来, 那不是我的事. put/set the cat among the pigeons => cat1.
There's no need for that. We'll have dinner another time.
不必为那件事惭愧。我们改个时间再共进晚餐吧。
A born teacher, she thought she could turn a deaf-blind person into a useful human being.
她是一个天的教师,认为自己可以把一个聋盲人变成一个有用的人。
I have got some wonderful news to tell you. I have been offered a scholarship at a university in Australia for my further education. One hundred and twenty-five students took exams for it, and I was one of the five to be chosen. However, my parents are tr