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yardbird

英 ['jɑːdbɜːd] 美
英语单词yardbird
  • n. 新兵;囚犯

英文词源


yardbird (n.)
"convict," 1956, from yard (n.1) + bird (n.1), from the notion of prison yards; earlier it meant "basic trainee" (World War II armed forces slang).