English Dictionary

buzzard

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbʌzəɹd/

名詞

カナダ英語 アメリカ英語 口語 軽蔑的 俗語 古語

Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.

日本語の意味

旧世界（ヨーロッパ、アジア、アフリカなど）に生息する、ブテオ属に分類される、広い翼と広い尾を持つ猛禽類。

A buzzard circled above the ruined chapel, its broad wings beating the cold air as it searched the fields for prey.

ノスリが廃れた礼拝堂の上空を旋回し、広い翼で冷たい空気を切りながら畑を見渡して獲物を探していた。

意味（1）

Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.

意味（2）

(Canada, US) Any scavenging bird, such as the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus) or the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).

意味（3）

(colloquial, derogatory, slang, often preceded by "old", the "old buzzard") In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.

Perhaps the crusty old buzzard loved his only child more than anyone had given him credit for all these years — maybe even more than he himself had realized.

意味（4）

(archaic) A blockhead; a dunce.

An old man’s shadow is better than a young buzzard’s sword.

意味（5）

(golf) Synonym of double bogey

buzzards （ plural ）