'birdie' هو مصطلح مرتبط بـ 'bird'. ستجده في سطر أو أكثر أدناه.'birdie' is cross-referenced with 'bird'. It is in one or more of the lines below.
صيغ مركبة:
bird | birdie |
| A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. expr | (Don't risk what you have.) | عصفور في اليد خير من عشرة على الشجرة |
| | I'm told I can do better if I keep looking for opportunities, but I'll stay at this job for now; after all, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. |
a little bird told me,
a little bird told me that,
I heard from a little bird that expr | figurative, informal (secret source told me) (مجازي) | أخبرتني العصفورة أن |
a little bird told me,
I heard it from a little bird expr | figurative, informal (secret source told me) (مجازي) | أخبرتني العصفورة |
| baby bird n | (very young bird) | فرخ طائر |
| bird cage n | (metal enclosure for a bird) | قفص الطائر |
| | My pet parrot always chews on the bars of its bird cage. |
| bird call n | (song of a bird) | تغريد طائر، صوت طائر |
| bird call n | (device: mimics birdsong) | جهاز يقلد صوت الطيور |
| bird dog n | (retriever: used in hunting) (كلب جلب الطيور) | كلب صيد |
| bird dog n | US, informal (dog: pointer, setter) (كلب الدلّ على الطيور) | كلب صيد |
| bird-dog⇒ vi | US, informal (investigate) | يحقق، يتحرى |
| bird-dog [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | US, informal (investigate) | يحقق في شيء، يحقق في أمر شخص |
| | | يتحرى عن شخص/شيء |
| bird-dog [sb/sth] vtr | US, informal (seek out) | يبحث عن شخص/شيء |
| bird dropping n | (excrement of a bird) (تأتي بالجمع في هذا السياق) | مخلفات طيور، فضلات طيور |
| | | براز طير، غائط طير |
| | I just got my car cleaned, and now there are bird droppings all over it. |
| | لقد تم تنظيف سيارتي للتو والآن هناك الكثير من مخلفات الطيور عليها. |
| bird feeder n | (device: dispenses bird feed) | وعاء غذاء الطيور |
| | Squirrels are constantly trying to steal seed from the bird feeder. |
bird flu,
avian flu n | colloquial (viral disease: avian influenza) | أنفلونزا الطيور |
| bird food n | (seed for birds to eat) | طعام طيور |
| | Teresa filled the bird feeder with bird food and hung it from a tree. |
bird of paradise,
plural: birds of paradise n | (tropical bird: Australasian) | عصفور الجنّة، طائر الفردوس |
bird of paradise,
plural: birds of paradise n | (flower of genus strelitzia) | نبات عصفور الجنة |
| bird of prey n | (bird: hunts, kills) | طير كاسر، طير جارح |
| | Condors and hawks are birds of prey. |
| bird sanctuary n | (permanent shelter for birds) | مأوى طيور |
| bird sanctuary n | US (habitat reserved for birds) | محمية للطيور |
| bird seed n | (grain fed to birds) (تأكل منها الطيور) | حُبوب للطيور، بُذور للطيور |
| | Rita put some bird seed on the bird table. |
bird watcher,
bird-watcher,
birdwatcher n | (hobbyist who observes wild birds) (شخص هوايته مراقبة الطيور البرية) | مُراقِب طيور |
| | Charles is an avid bird watcher; he even has a telescope set up in the dining room. |
| bird-brained adj | (stupid, not intelligent) | غبيّ، أبله |
| bird-like adj | (resembling a bird) | شبيه بالطيور |
bird-watching,
birdwatching n | (observing wild birds) | مراقبة الطيور |
| | Bird-watching is a very popular pastime in the UK. |
| bird's nest n | (structure built by a bird) | عش الطائر |
| | There is a bird's nest built in the tree outside my house. |
| bird's-eye view n | (view from above) | نظرة من الأعلى |
| | | نظرة من الجوّ |
| | I got a bird's-eye view of the Atlantic as my plane flew over it. |
| bird's-eye view n | figurative (overall view) | نظرة عامة |
birdcage,
bird cage n | (enclosure for birds) | قفص طيور |
| | My pet parrot always chews on the bars of its birdcage. |
birdhouse (US),
bird box (mainly UK),
nest box,
nesting box (UK) n | (to feed, shelter birds) | بيت طيور |
| | | بيت عصافير |
birdlime,
bird lime,
bird-lime n | (for catching birds) | دابوق لصيد الطيور |
birdwatch,
bird-watch vi | (observe birds) | يراقب الطيور |
| carrion bird n | (bird: eats corpses) | طيور جارحة، طيور ضارية |
| | The vulture is a carrion bird. |
dodo,
dodo bird n | (extinct bird) (طائر منقرض) | طائر الدودو |
| | The dodo was a bird that was unable to fly. |
| early bird n | figurative ([sb] who wakes up early) (مجازي) | نشيط |
| | My husband's an early bird, but I find it hard to get out of bed in the morning. |
| early bird n | figurative ([sb] arriving before others) | أول الواصلين |
| | Millie and I were early birds to the party; most of the guests arrived an hour or so later. |
early bird,
early-bird n as adj | figurative (advance, before others) | مسبق، قبل الآخرين |
| | You will enjoy an early-bird discount of 15% if you book your tickets before the 1st of February. |
| eat like a bird v expr | figurative (consume little or in small amounts) | يأكل بالكاد |
| | No wonder she's so skinny, she eats like a bird! |
| | لا عجب أنها نحيفة جدًا، فهيّ تأكل بالكاد. |
flip [sb] the bird,
flip the bird at [sb],
give [sb] the bird v expr | US, slang (make vulgar middle-finger gesture) | يمدّ إصبعه الأوسط لشخص |
| free as a bird adj | informal (really free) | مستقل، حر، طليق |
| | When this school year is over, I'll be free as a bird. |
frigate bird,
man-o'-war bird,
hurricane-bird n | (seabird) (طائر بحري) | طائر الفرقاط |
| game bird n | (wild bird: hunted) | طريدة |
| | Henry enjoyed hunting game birds such as woodcock, partridge and pheasant. |
jabiru,
policeman bird n | (stork: Australian) (أسترالي) | لَقلَق |
| migratory bird n | (bird that makes a seasonal journey) | طائر مهاجر |
| | The swallow is a migratory bird that flies to warmer climes in the winter. |
myna,
mynah,
mina bird,
minah bird n | (bird: imitates speech) (طائر يقلد الكلام) | مينة |
| pie bird n | (kitchen gadget to vent steam) (يُوضع في وسط الفطيرة) | مَنفَس الفطيرة، طائر الفطيرة |
redbird,
red-bird,
red bird n | US (bird with red plumage) (طائر ريشه أحمر) | كردينال |
redbird,
red-bird,
red bird n | US, slang (capsule of drug: secobarbital) | كبسولة صوديوم السيكوباربيتال، كبسولة بنج |
seabird,
sea bird n | (bird inhabiting marine areas) | طائر بحري |
| | As the boys approached the beach, they could hear seabirds calling. |
| songbird n | (bird with tuneful call) | طائر غرّيد |
| | Aaron was content to listen to songbirds all afternoon. |
| The early bird catches the worm. expr | figurative (start work early to be successful) | مَن يُبكِر إلى عمله يُفلِح |
tui,
parson bird n | (NZ songbird) (طائر غرِّيد نيوزيلنديّ) | تُوِي |
wader,
wading bird n | (water bird) | طائر مخوّض |
| | Waders live on the coast or in surrounding wetlands. |
| wading bird n | (long-legged bird that lives in water) | طائر مخوِّض |
| | The flamingo is a very beautiful wading bird. |
waterbird,
water bird n | (bird: aquatic) | طائر مائيّ |
weaver,
weaver bird n | (bird) (طائر) | حبّاك |
| | Weavers make their nests in groups and live communally. |