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单词 bird of passage
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bird of passage
noun[C]
uk
/ˌbɜːd əv ˈpæs.ɪdʒ/us
/ˌbɝːd əv ˈpæs.ɪdʒ/
pluralbirds of passage
UK
abirdthatmigrates(=movesfrom oneareato another when theseasonchanges)
候鸟
apersonwhostaysfor only ashortperiodoftimein oneplace,job, etc.:
漂泊不定的人；过客
Atpresenttheorganizationhas to rely onyoung,inexperiencedgraduateswho are usuallybirdsofpassage.目前该机构不得不依赖没有经验的年轻毕业生，可这些人通常会跳槽。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Birds - general words
  • avian
  • bird
  • bird of prey
  • birdie
  • birdlike
  • covey
  • dicky bird
  • feathered
  • feathered friendidiom
  • fledgling
  • flightless
  • fowl
  • nestling
  • outfly
  • seabird
  • songbird
  • waterfowl

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(Definition ofbird of passagefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbird of passage

bird of passage
Profit is abirdofpassagealways on the wing as opposed to interest, which is permanent, inexorable and heartless.
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That does not mean that someone is abirdofpassage.
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Is he abirdofpassageor is he a permanent resident?
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After all, everyone of us is only abirdofpassage.
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We may in the course of our discussions discover that this creature is really abirdofpassageand not a resident.
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That gives the go-by to thebirdofpassage, no matter how many constituencies he has travelled through.
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I understand that in theory a class teacher is only supposed to be abirdofpassage—that it is a means whereby he shall become some day a head teacher.
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Against that, you have the man who is abirdofpassageand who may have moved through three or four constituencies in the course of the last two months.
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They are birds of passage.
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In that connection, we should remember that we are but birds of passage.
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In fact, we would be mere birds of passage.
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They are necessarily birds of passage, moving from one part of the world into government and out again.
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We wish to protect not only the breeding birds but also the birds of passage, who only use this country as a resting-place.
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They are gorgeous birds of passage now; they will become birds of paradise one day.
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Parents also look for a reasonably stable staff, for how can children properly be cared for if the staff are only birds of passage?
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