scarecrow

noun · verbB2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

scarecrowsscare-crowskarcrow

1.
An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there.
2.
(broadly, derogatory)(by extension, derogatory) A person or animal regarded as resembling a scarecrow (sense 1) in some way; especially, a tall, thin, awkward person; or a person wearing ragged and tattered clothes.
Đồng nghĩa: beanpole
3.
(dated)Synonym of crow scarer (“a farmhand employed to scare birds from the fields”).
Đồng nghĩa: crow scarer
4.
(figuratively)Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger; a paper tiger.
5.
(figuratively, historical)Military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage.
6.
(British, dialectal, obsolete)The black tern (Chlidonias niger).
7.
(British, dialectal, obsolete)The hooded crow (Corvus cornix).

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

scarecrows

V_ing/Gerund

scarecrowing

V_ed/pp

scarecrowed

1.
(transitive)To cause (a person, their body, etc.) to look awkward and stiff, like a scarecrow (noun sense 1).
2.
(transitive)To frighten or terrify (someone or something), as if using a scarecrow.
3.
(archaic, transitive)To spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

beanpolecrow scarer

Cùng gốc / liên quan

scarecrowy scarecrowishscarecrowlikestraw man

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Nguồn gốc từ

The noun is derived from scare + crow. The word displaced other terms such as bogle now dialectal dated, sewel or shewel, and shoy-hoy (perhaps imitative of the cry of crows).