dodo

英 ['dəʊdəʊ] 美 ['dodo]

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※ 提供单词"dodo"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

dodo 渡渡鸟（不能飞行，现已灭绝）

来自葡萄牙语，傻瓜，用来指海岛上的一种见人也不跑的大鸟，基本上被海员吃灭绝了。

dodo: dodo: [17] When Portuguese explorers first encountered the unfortunate dodo on the island of Mauritius, it struck them as a clumsy and foolish bird, so they applied to it the Portuguese word doudo ‘simpleton’. The name has stuck in English (although in the 17th century it had some competition from the French and Dutch term dronte). The first record of the simile ‘dead as a dodo’ comes from 1904, over 200 years after the extinction of the species, although the word had been used since the late 19th century as a metaphor for someone or something hopelessly out of date: ‘He belongs to the Dodo race of real unmitigated toryism’, Lisle Carr, Judith Gwynne 1874.
dodo (n.): 1620s, from Portuguese doudo "fool, simpleton," an insult applied by Portuguese sailors to the awkward bird (Didus ineptus) they found on Mauritius island. The last record of a living one is from 1681. Applied in English to stupid persons since 1886.

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2. That strange plan of yours is now as dead as a dodo; nobody is interested in it any more.: 你那项奇怪的计划现在已经没有指望了, 谁都对它不再感兴趣了.

3. He was aware of Dodo's innocent blue eyes regarding him.: 他觉察到多多天真的蓝眼睛凝视着他.

5. Dodo, her expression uncertain , hovered behind O'keefe.: 多多带着半信半疑的表情, 守在奥基夫的身后.