音标:['ɒstritʃ] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 鸵鸟
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)
n. fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
词型变化:名词复数形式 : ostriches
考试类型:[GRE]
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ostrich的用法和样例:

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。

词汇搭配

  • ostrich policy鸵鸟政策
  • ostrich farm鸵鸟养殖场
  • have the digestion of an ostrich消化力强

经典引文

  • The facts..are too damning to leave much room for an ostrich policy.

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