1 N-COUNT 鸡 Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat. 鸡
Chicken is the flesh of this bird eaten as food.
鸡肉 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]
Chicken is also an adjective.
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
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)
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]
6 chickens come home to roost→see: roost
Phrasal verbs: - chicken out
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