birdlime的意思

birdlime

英式音标['bɝd,laɪm]
美式英标['bɜːdlaɪm]

基本解释

n. 粘鸟胶；圈套

vt. 在…上涂粘鸟胶；使…上圈套

英文词源

birdlime (n.): viscous sticky stuff prepared from holly bark and used to catch small birds, mid-15c., from bird (n.1) + lime (n.1). Used as rhyming slang for time (especially time in prison) by 1857.

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