| 单词 | scarecrow |
| 释义 | scarecrow noun[C] uk/ˈskeə.krəʊ/us/ˈsker.kroʊ/amodelof apersondressedinoldclothesand put in afieldofgrowingcropstofrightenbirdsaway （竖在田里吓鸟的）稻草人 Siede Preis/Photodisc/GettyImages Farm vehicles & equipment
scarecrow| American Dictionaryscarecrow noun[C] us/ˈskeərˌkroʊ/anobjectthatlookslike apersondressedinold,tornclothesand thatstandsin agardenorfieldtofrightenbirdsaway Examplesofscarecrowscarecrow As can be seen, onlyscarecrowappeared in both dialects. From theCambridge English Corpus Note that these are often pejorative and probably rarely used with preschool children (except possiblyscarecrow). From theCambridge English Corpus The first question to be asked is what is the difference between thescarecrowof 1553 and the one of 1592? From theCambridge English Corpus Let us end withscarecrowitself. From theCambridge English Corpus It is tenuous enough to derive ascarecrowfrom this definition, without trying to work out which category of scarecrow the speaker, 'farmer', might be referring to. From theCambridge English Corpus I recently quoted the case of kids being used as scarecrows to chase away starlings from a rich farmer's cherry orchard. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There again he had hisscarecrowfor them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A range of non-lethal scaring methods including human presence, netting and scarecrows have been previously employed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a patch here and a patch there on the clothes covering thescarecrow, but thescarecrowis still there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The first is a magnet and the second is ascarecrow, except that it frightens away the birds that we want to keep. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Anything as simple as ascarecrowin a field is an example of that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The wind blew harder and harder but thescarecrowjust held the overcoat to its side. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The sun came out through the clouds and shone warmly, and thescarecrowtook off his overcoat and put it on the ground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If they cannot produce a scare, they will produce ascarecrow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Ascarecrowmay stand so long that birds will build their nests from thescarecrow, and drivers of motor cars are becoming indifferent to notices at the entrances to villages. 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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