耀久九英英词典

chicken

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈtʃɪk.ɪn]
  • 美式音标 [ˈtʃɪk.ɪn]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n.雞；雞肉；膽小者
  • adj.懦弱的；膽小的
  • vi.失去勇氣

词源解说

  • 直接源自中古英語的chiken；最初源自古英語的cycen，意爲小公雞。

同根派生

  • adj性質的同根詞
    chick：膽小的；懦弱的。
  • n性質的同根詞
    chick：小雞；小鳥；少婦。

用法辨析

    n. (名詞)

  • chicken可以指作爲家禽的雞,也可指作爲食品的雞肉。作“小雞”解時是個躰名詞,可數; 作“雞肉”解時則是物質名詞,不可數。

英汉例句

    用作名詞 (n.)

  • The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.
    鷹抓起一衹小雞就飛走了。

词组短语

    用作名詞 (n.)

    動詞+～

  • boil chicken 煮雞
  • bone a chicken 給雞去骨
  • cook chicken 烹雞,煮雞
  • count one 's chickens 數雞
  • dress a chicken 把雞開膛洗淨

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • (BIRD) a type of bird kept on a farm for its eggs or its meat, or the meat of this bird that is cooked and eaten
  • (PERSON) a person who is not brave
  • not brave

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
  • Chicken is the flesh of this bird eaten as food.
  • If someone calls you a chicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something.
  • Chicken is also an adjective.
  • If you say that someone is counting their chickens, you mean that they are assuming that they will be successful or get something, when this is not certain.
  • chickens come home to roost&rarrsee roost