NEW YORK-- Pitching was always a big question mark for the Yankees, even before what Johnny Damon called" buzzard luck" struck them with injuries to three of their five starting pitchers. [纽约]-对洋基来说,投手一直是个问题,即使在大门表示有所谓的”倒楣到家”的情况:五位先发有三位受伤之前也是。
buzzard
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a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
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the common European short-winged hawk
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Buzzard \Buz"zard\, a. Senseless; stupid. [R. & Obs.] --Milton.
Buzzard \Buz"zard\ (b[u^]z"z[~e]rd), n.[O.E. busard, bosard, F. busard, fr. buse, L. buteo, a kind of falcon or hawk.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus {Buteo} and related genera.
2. (Zo["o]l.) In the United States, a term used for the {turkey vulture} ({Cathartes aura}), and sometimes indiscriminately to any vulture. [PJC]
Note: The {Buteo vulgaris} is the common buzzard of Europe. The American species (of which the most common are {Buteo borealis}, {Buteo Pennsylvanicus}, and {Buteo lineatus}) are usually called hen hawks. -- The rough-legged buzzard, or bee hawk, of Europe ({Pernis apivorus}) feeds on bees and their larv[ae], with other insects, and reptiles. -- The moor buzzard of Europe is {Circus [ae]ruginosus}. See {Turkey buzzard}, and {Carrion buzzard}.
{Bald buzzard}, the fishhawk or osprey. See {Fishhawk}.
2. A blockhead; a dunce.
It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard. --Goldsmith.
A speckled, swirling mass crossed the horizon at midday and circled like a huge, amorphous buzzard, then vanished over the northern hills.