bird of passage

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌbɜːd əv ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/

名詞

比喩的用法

(ornithology) A migratory bird, especially a passage migrant (“a bird that stops somewhere for a short time during a seasonal migration”).

日本語の意味

渡り鳥（季節的移動中に一時的に停留する鳥）

英語の意味

(ornithology) A migratory bird, especially a passage migrant (“a bird that stops somewhere for a short time during a seasonal migration”).

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At the coastal refuge, the bird of passage rested briefly before continuing its long journey south.

海岸の保護区で、その渡り鳥は長い南への旅を続ける前に短く休んだ。

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意味（1）

(ornithology) A migratory bird, especially a passage migrant (“a bird that stops somewhere for a short time during a seasonal migration”).

There is a wonderful conformity between the vegetation of ſome plants, and the arrival of certain birds of paſſage. [Carl] Linnaeus obſerves that the wood anemone blows in Sweden on the arrival of the ſwallow; and the marſh mary-gold, Caltha, when the cuckoo ſings.

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意味（2）

(figuratively) Someone passing through a place and only staying for a short time; an itinerant.

The muſick and entertainments of Bath are over for this ſeason; and all our gay birds of paſſage have taken their flight to Briſtol-well, Tunbridge, Brighthelmſtone, Scarborough, Harrowgate, &c.

詳細

birds of passage （ plural ）