每日一詞：放鴿子

“放鴿子”，原指放飛白鴿(release white doves)，象征和平，后用來比喻“定下了約會(huì)卻不赴約(to intentionally fail to meet someone when you said you would)”，帶有欺騙的含義，與英文短語stand somebody up意思相近。

例句：

我不知道她是故意放我的鴿子，還是只是遲到了——我會(huì)再等半個(gè)小時(shí)。

I don't know if I've been stood up or if she's just late - I'll wait another half hour.