catbird
['kæt`bɚd]
n. 美猫鸟

1. Joe enjoys sitting in the catbird seat.
   乔享受着利位。
2. Claud's appointment as acting dean put him in the catbird seat.
   劳德被任命院，使身价倍。

catbird
[ noun ]

1. any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females

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2. North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing

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Catbird \Cat"bird\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An American bird ({Galeoscoptes Carolinensis}), allied to the
mocking bird, and like it capable of imitating the notes of
other birds, but less perfectly. Its note resembles at times
the mewing of a cat.