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单词 chicken
释义
chicken
ɪkɪn ˈtʃɪkən
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense chickens, present participle chickening, past tense , past participle chickened
1 N-COUNT Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
  • Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs.

    莱昂内尔做了个鸡笼,打算养些鸡,吃上新鲜鸡蛋。

  • ...free-range chickens.

    散养的鸡

Chicken is the flesh of this bird eaten as food.鸡肉
  • ...roast chicken with wild mushrooms.

    野山菌烤鸡

  • ...chicken soup.

    鸡汤

2 N-COUNT 胆小鬼 If someone calls you a chicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something. 胆小鬼 [informal, disapproval]
  • I'm scared of the dark. I'm a big chicken.

    我怕黑,是个十足的胆小鬼。

Chicken is also an adjective.
  • Why are you so chicken, Gregory?

    格雷戈里,你怎么就这么胆小呢?

3 PHRASE 高兴得太早;过早地打如意算盘 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. 高兴得太早;过早地打如意算盘
  • I don't want to count my chickens before they are hatched.

    我不想高兴得太早。

4 PHRASE 鸡和蛋的问题(指很难决定孰先孰后、孰因孰果的情境) If you describe a situation as a chicken and egg situation, you mean that it is impossible to decide which of two things caused the other one. 鸡和蛋的问题(指很难决定孰先孰后、孰因孰果的情境)
  • It's a chicken and egg situation. Does the deficiency lead to the eczema or has the eczema led to certain deficiencies?

    这是个鸡和蛋的问题。是因为营养缺乏导致湿疹呢,还是湿疹导致了某些营养缺乏?

5 PHRASE [VERB and NOUN inflect] 像只没头的苍蝇到处乱窜 If someone is running round like a headless chicken or rushing around like a headless chicken, they are panicking when they should be thinking carefully about what needs to be done. 像只没头的苍蝇到处乱窜 [mainly British]
  • Instead of running round like a headless chicken use your efforts in a more productive way.

    别像只没头苍蝇东一头西一头的,力气要用对地方。

6 chickens come home to roost→see: roost 
Phrasal verbs:
chicken out
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