pigeon

pigeon¹
noun

a stout seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, typically having grey and white plumage
鸽子。参见 dove (义项1)
Family Columbidae: numerous genera and species
鸠鸽科：众多属及众多种
■(亦作 domestic 或 feral pigeon)a pigeon descended from the wild rock dove, kept for racing, showing, and carrying messages, and common as a feral bird in towns
家鸽
(informal, chiefly US)a gullible person, especially someone swindled in gambling or the victim of a confidence trick
(非正式，主美)（容易）上当受骗的人；傻瓜
(military slang)an aircraft from one's own side
(军俚)己方飞机

派生
语源

late Middle English: from Old French pijon, denoting a young bird, especially a young dove, from an alteration of late Latin pipio(n-), young cheeping bird of imitative origin

pigeon²
noun

archaic spelling of pidgin
(古)。同 pidgin
(one's pigeon)(informal, chiefly Brit.)a person's particular responsibility or business
(非正式，主英)（自己的）责任，分内之事
Hermia will have to tell them first, it's her pigeon.
赫米亚将不得不首先告诉他们：这是她分内的事儿。

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