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birdlime

/burd-lahym/US // ˈbɜrdˌlaɪm //UK // (ˈbɜːdˌlaɪm) //

鸟语花香,鸟石灰,鸟粪,鸟语

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sticky material prepared from holly, mistletoe, or other plants, and smeared on twigs to catch small birds that light on it.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    bird·limed, bird·lim·ing.

    • : to smear with birdlime.
    • : to catch or capture, as with birdlime: to be birdlimed by flattery.

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Examples

  • In effect both father and son became fast to the birdlime figure, when they were stung to death by ten thousand bees.

  • Yet this is that wherewith the world is taken, and runs mad to gaze on—clothes and titles, the birdlime of fools.

  • Such was Biddy Tibs; and, though possessed of no mean wealth, her avarice clung like birdlime to her.

  • The former consists of shavings from old documents, and the latter of birdlime for new converts.

  • It is the birdlime with which the devil catches many a female and male soul.