scarecrow

• Sustantivo que designa una figura, generalmente hecha de ropa vieja y paja, que se coloca en los campos para ahuyentar a los pájaros de los cultivos o semillas. Por extensión, también se refiere a una persona o cosa de apariencia descuidada o andrajosa.

A noun referring to an effigy, typically made of old clothes and straw, set up in a field to scare birds away from crops or seeds.

1. Bird-scaring effigyA2formal

   A figure made to look like a person, often dressed in old clothes, placed in fields to frighten birds away from crops.

   Espantapájaros

   • The farmer put a scarecrow in the middle of the cornfield.
   • Crows usually avoid fields with a scarecrow.
   • The old scarecrow was made from a wooden frame and a straw hat.

   Sinónimosbird-scarerscarerstraw manstrawman