大家好，欢迎来到爱德华国际英语。大家对“稻草人”都很熟悉，它是一种用来防止鸟类，例如乌鸦，来扰乱农作物的设备。在英语当中，它叫scarecrow，an object in the shape of a person, which is put in a field where crops are growing in order to frighten birds away.立在田间，长着人样，然后用来吓跑鸟类的玩意。Scarecrow这个词的构造很有意思：scare是吓跑的意思，而crow是乌鸦，用来吓走乌鸦的东西就成了稻草人了。我们来看一下例句：

A neighbor suggests that I put up a scarecrow near the vines, which would keep the birds away.
邻居建议我在葡萄树边放一个稻草人，以防范鸟类。