Scarecrow

(noun.) an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds.

奥尔登录入

• This scarecrow of a suit has, in course of time, become so complicated that no man alive knows what it means. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• As to what I dare, I'm a old bird now, as has dared all manner of traps since first he was fledged, and I'm not afeerd to perch upon a scarecrow. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• They painted Virgins enough, and popes enough and saintly scarecrows enough, to people Paradise, almost, and these things are all they did paint. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

整理:米歇尔