ostrich
英 [ˈɒstrɪtʃ] 美 [ˈɑstrɪtʃ]

n.

鸵鸟；逃避现实的人；

变形

复数：ostriches

英英释义

ostrich[ 'ɔ:stritʃ, 'ɔ- ]

• n.
  • a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)
  • fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird

    同义词：Struthio camelus

词组短语

ostrich skin鸵鸟皮

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. Ostrich is a type of large bird that can run very fast.
   鸵鸟是一种跑得很快的大鸟。
2. The short-distance runner wishes he could run as fast as the ostrich.
   这位短跑运动员真希望自己能跑得像驼鸟一样快。
3. Face the reality. Stop being an ostrich.
   面对现实吧。不要再做逃避现实的人。
4. He's such an ostrich he doesn't want to know about his wife's love affairs.
   他真是自己骗自己--对妻子有外遇不闻不问。

权威例句

The ostrich effect: Selective attention to information
An Early Ostrich Dinosaur and Implications for Ornithomimosaur Phylogeny
The hand of birds revealed by early ostrich embryos
Cross-cultural management research: The ostrich and the trend.
The mtDNA sequence of the ostrich and the divergence between paleognathous and neognathous birds
Metabolism of Avian Embryos: Ontogeny and Temperature Effects in the Ostrich
Gait selection in the ostrich: mechanical and metabolic characteristics of walking and running with and without an aerial phase.
From the Cover: A Howiesons Poort tradition of engraving ostrich eggshell containers dated to 60,000 years ago at Diepkloof Rock She...
From the Cover: A Howiesons Poort tradition of engraving ostrich eggshell containers dated to 60,000 years ago at Diepkloof Rock She...
Experimental assessment of the pathogenicity of two avian influenza A H5 viruses in ostrich chicks (Struthio camelus) and chickens