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pouter

/pou-ter/US // ˈpaʊ tər //UK // (ˈpaʊtə) //

撅嘴,撅撅嘴,撅起嘴,撅起屁股

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who pouts.
    • : one of a breed of long-legged domestic pigeons, characterized by the habit of puffing out the distensible crop.

Examples

  • Its neck is ample and bloated, and when distended in excitement reminds one of a pouter-pigeon.

  • Let us recognize it as an exquisite creation of art, not of nature, as wonderful as the pouter pigeon or the saffron rose.

  • Persis herself was like a pouter pigeon strutting and preening her high breast.

  • Then we go on to the absurd idea which came over womankind that it was most becoming to look like a pouter pigeon.

  • In disdain she saunters away, plump as a pampered pouter pigeon, humming the duet from Don Giovanni.