搜尋結果
dove
- IPA[dʌv]
英式
- a stocky bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, feeding on seeds or fruit. Doves are generally smaller and more delicate than pigeons, but many kinds have been given both names.;a person who advocates peaceful or conciliatory policies, especially in foreign affairs
noun: dove, plural noun: doves
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a stocky bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, feeding on seeds or fruit. Doves are generally smaller and more delicate than pigeons, but many kinds have been given both names.
- 2. a person who advocates peaceful or conciliatory policies, especially in foreign affairs he was the cabinet's leading dove, the only minister to advocate peace talks
- 3. (in Christian art and poetry) the Holy Spirit (as represented in John 1:32).