yardbird

英['jɑːdbɜːd] 美

近义词
反义词
  • n. 新兵;囚犯

英文词源


yardbird (n.)
"convict," 1956, from yard (n.1) + bird (n.1), from the notion of prison yards; earlier it meant "basic trainee" (World War II armed forces slang).