bird of passage

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

An archaeologist, an odd bird of passage who turns up there every three or four years or so.
一個考古學(xué)家，他是一個性情古怪、漂泊無定的人，每隔三四年左右就會來這里一次。
Which one of the birds is the bird of passage?
這些鳥中哪只是候鳥?
He was a bird of passage until he married and bought a house.
他漂泊無定，直到結(jié)了婚，買了房子才安定下來。
Andrew left for Madrid again yesterday-he's a regular bird of passage.
安德魯昨天又動身到馬德里去了，他真是個行蹤不定的人。
The island had been used by many generations of birds of passage, as they made the long journey south each year in search of warmer weather.
多年來，候鳥每次長途南飛尋找天氣更暖和的地方時，它們都把這個島當(dāng)作棲息地。