bird

1. N-COUNT A bird is a creature with feathers and wings. Female birds lay eggs. Most birds can fly. 鳥(niǎo)

2. →see also early bird

3. PHRASE If you refer to two people as birds of a feather, you mean that they have the same interests or are very similar. 志趣相同的人

We're birds of a feather, you and me, Mr. Plimpton. 我們志趣相投，我和你，普林頓先生。

4. PHRASE A bird in the hand is something that you already have and do not want to risk losing by trying to get something else. 已到手的東西

Another temporary discount may not be what you want, but at least it is a bird in the hand. 再一次臨時(shí)打折可能達(dá)不到你所希望的，但至少這是已經(jīng)到手的東西。

5. PHRASE If you say that a little bird told you about something, you mean that someone has told you about it, but you do not want to say who it was. 消息靈通的人

Incidentally, a little bird tells me that your birthday's coming up. 順便提一句，有個(gè)消息靈通的人告訴我你的生日快到了。

6. PHRASE If you say that doing something will kill two birds with one stone, you mean that it will enable you to achieve two things that you want to achieve, rather than just one. 一箭雙雕

We can talk about Union Hill while I get this business over with. Kill two birds with one stone, so to speak. 我們可以談?wù)動(dòng)葘幧?，同時(shí)我把這件事干完?？梢哉f(shuō)是一舉兩得吧。