yardbird
英 ['jɑ:dbɜ:d]
美 ['jɑdˌbɜd]
- n. 新兵；囚犯
英语词源
- 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).