| 单词 | carrier pigeon |
| 释义 | carrier pigeon noun[C] uk/ˈkær.i.ə ˌpɪdʒ.ən/us/ˈker.i.ɚ ˌpɪdʒ.ən/apigeonthat istrainedtocarrymessages 信鸽 Bettmann/GettyImages Other wild birds
Examplesofcarrier pigeoncarrier pigeon There were other mascots in those years, including a gorilla -- the very first mascot, two cats, a bulldog, and acarrierpigeon. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ken attaches a transmitter to acarrierpigeonhe finds there and lets it fly into the sky. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Decool said that carrier pigeons could play a key role in a crisis in which other communications systems started breaking down. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Little by little, all the romance goes out of war—even thecarrierpigeonis disappearing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I was born into the age of thecarrierpigeon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose, in the last resort, we should either have to send by air mail or privatecarrierpigeon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that acarrierpigeonwill come to my rescue on this occasion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Acarrierpigeonarrived one day with some instructions for him and the points were withdrawn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If that reasoning had been applied to the introduction of gas and the telephone we should still be using oil lamps and thecarrierpigeon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One of thecarrierpigeonservices which is necessary in a debate of this kind was to enable me to know exactly who lived there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that the only method which he has not used is that ofcarrierpigeon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Presumably one sends it bycarrierpigeon, hopes it lands somewhere and is accepted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It does not matter whether programmes are delivered bycarrierpigeonif the programme being sent is rubbish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall repeat my question in the hope that guidance will arrive bycarrierpigeon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am glad to see that thecarrierpigeonhas arrived. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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