pigeon: [14] Pigeon comes ultimately from late Latin pīpiō. This meant originally simply ‘young bird’, and was formed from the onomatopoeic base *pīp- (source also of English pipe), which imitated the chirps of young birds. It gradually specialized in use to ‘young pigeon, squab’, and both the general and the specific senses passed via Vulgar Latin *pībiō into Old French as pijon. By the time it arrived in English, however, only the ‘young pigeon’ sense survived, and this was soon overtaken by ‘pigeon’ in general. => pipe
pigeon (n.)
late 14c. (early 13c. as a surname), from Old French pigeon "young dove" (13c.), probably from Vulgar Latin *pibionem, dissimilation from Late Latin pipionem (nominative pipio) "squab, young chirping bird" (3c.), from pipire "to peep, chirp," of imitative origin. Meaning "one easily duped" is from 1590s. Replaced culver (Old English culufre, from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula) and native dove.
雙語例句
1. A pigeon emerges, wings flapping noisily, from the tower.
一只鴿子從塔里鉆出來，撲撲地拍打著翅膀。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I don't care where the money comes from — that's not my pigeon.
我不管錢從哪兒來,那不是我的事.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The pigeon homed from a distance of 100 miles.
鴿子從百英里之外返回窩巢.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. A pigeon strutted along the roof, cooing rhythmically.
一只鴿子沿著屋頂大搖大擺地走, 有節(jié)奏地咕咕叫.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Because I had an unusual accent people were not able to put me into a pigeon-hole.