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dove

/duhv/US // dʌv //UK // (dʌv) //

鸽子,白鸽,母鸽,珙桐

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any bird of the family Columbidae, especially the smaller species with pointed tails.Compare pigeon.
    • : a pure white member of this species, used as a symbol of innocence, gentleness, tenderness, and peace.
    • : Dove, a symbol for the Holy Ghost.
    • : an innocent, gentle, or tender person.
    • : Also called peace dove [pees-duhv] /ˈpis ˌdʌv/ . a person, especially one in public office, who advocates peace, compromise, or a conciliatory national attitude.Compare hawk.
    • : dove color.
    • : Economics. an official or advisor who advocates low interest rates or other monetary policies aimed at reducing unemployment and promoting economic growth.
    • : Dove, Astronomy. the constellation Columba.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Whether that be Dove and Real Beauty and challenging the beauty industry or Ben and Jerry’s and the work done around social justice and climate justice.

  • As we, you know, circled these issues, we left some voters behind — and Republicans dove in with a vengeance and grabbed those voters.

  • Dove has had to own those mistakes, accept responsibility, and commit to do better.

  • During the summer days, the whales dove to great depths in search of krill.

  • Arenberg and Dove reject Harkin’s idea because, in the end, debate isn’t the issue they care about.

  • A Fish and Wildlife special agent collected the bodies of two birds at the site, a redhead duck and a mourning dove.

  • Beginning in 1988, he also dove into making art using a fax machine.

  • De Merode slipped from his seat and dove toward the roadside and into the forest.

  • He caught both the ball and a bleacher to the face as he dove into the stands.

  • You'd been drunk for hours, but you dove off a double-decker lake boat and came up gracefully for air.

  • And really, the little dove-cote, as Mrs. Prentice had called their new home, was a veritable love of a place!

  • See her companion in shot silk and a dove-colored parasol; in what a graceful Watteau-like attitude she reclines.

  • And Ephraim is become as a dove that is decoyed, not having a heart: they called upon Egypt, they went to the Assyrians.

  • A voice from heaven hails the invincible conqueror, and his soul in the form of a dove ascends to the skies.

  • One of the most beautiful symbols of the Catacombs is the dove, the perpetual synonym of peace.