单词:ostriches
n. fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
ostrich的用法和样例:
例句
- Ostrich is a type of large bird that can run very fast.鸵鸟是一种跑得很快的大鸟。
- 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。
- Face the reality. Stop being an ostrich.面对现实吧。不要再做逃避现实的人。
- 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.
出自:Pall Mall Gazette
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