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
- : 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.
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