существительное · редкое

scarecrow

scare·crow

scarecrow · scarecrows

чучело, пугало, страшила, страшило

опудало, потороча

Vogelscheuche

An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a…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.

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UK/ˈskɛəkɹəʊ/US/ˈskɛɚˌkɹoʊ/

» There were several scarecrows in the field.

Значение

значений: 7

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.
Vogelscheuche
чу́челоčúčelo, пу́галоpúgalo, страши́лоstrašílo
опу́далоopúdalo, поторо́чаpotoróča
(шире, пренебрежительное)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.
(устаревшее)Synonym of crow scarer (“a farmhand employed to scare birds from the fields”).
(переносно)Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger; a paper tiger.
(переносно, историческое)Military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage.
(Британия, диалектное, устаревшее)The black tern (Chlidonias niger).
(Британия, диалектное, устаревшее)The hooded crow (Corvus cornix).

Ещё определения

an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds

Примеры

предложений: 16

There were several scarecrows in the field.
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It looks like a scarecrow.
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The birds quickly became accustomed to the stuffed scarecrow.
Птицы быстро привыкли к набитому чучелу.
deDie Vögel gewöhnten sich schnell an die ausgestopfte Vogelscheuche.
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The scarecrow in the backyard fell over during the hurricane.
Пугало во дворе упало во время урагана.
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I cannot scare the birds away. I am not a scarecrow.
Я не могу распугать птиц. Я не пугало.
deIch kann die Vögel nicht verscheuchen. Ich bin keine Vogelscheuche.
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Переводы

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Українська

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Русский

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Deutsch

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effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there:

Происхождение

The noun is derived from scare (“to frighten, startle, terrify”) + crow (“bird of the genu

The noun is derived from scare (“to frighten, startle, terrify”) + crow (“bird of the genus Corvus”). The word displaced other terms such as bogle (now dialectal, dated), sewel or shewel, and shoy-hoy (perhaps imitative of the cry of crows).

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