流逝汉英词典

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.鸡；鸡肉；胆小者
  • adj.懦弱的；胆小的
  • vi.失去勇气

词源解说

  • 直接源自中古英语的chiken；最初源自古英语的cycen，意为小公鸡。

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    chick：胆小的；懦弱的。
  • n性质的同根词
    chick：小鸡；小鸟；少妇。

用法辨析

    n. (名词)

  • chicken可以指作为家禽的鸡,也可指作为食品的鸡肉。作“小鸡”解时是个体名词,可数; 作“鸡肉”解时则是物质名词,不可数。

英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.
    鹰抓起一只小鸡就飞走了。

词组短语

    用作名词 (n.)

    动词+～

  • boil chicken 煮鸡
  • bone a chicken 给鸡去骨
  • cook chicken 烹鸡,煮鸡
  • count one 's chickens 数鸡
  • dress a chicken 把鸡开膛洗净

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (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