bird-brainとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)d.bɹeɪn/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈbɚd.bɹeɪn/

名詞

birdbrain (plural birdbrains)

1. (colloquial) Someone who is not intelligent.

   That birdbrain just drove right through three rows of traffic cones and into the bushes.

   • 1950 February 27, Time, page 38:

     Comedienne Carol Channing, 29, admitted that a grave personal problem had grown out of her playing the role of birdbrained Lorelei Lee in Broadway’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. People seemed to be convinced that she is a birdbrain offstage, too: “I won't say that people actually think I’m just two steps removed from outright idiocy, but they do seem to have adopted a protective attitude towards me...”