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1A large mainly domesticated game bird native to North America, having a bald head and (in the male) red wattles. It is a popular food on festive occasions such as Christmas and (in the US) Thanksgiving.
吐绶鸡，火鸡Meleagris gallopavo, family Meleagridae (or Phasianidae)
- Restrictions and slaughter provisions apply to domestic fowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, guinea fowls, quail, ratites, pigeons, pheasants and partridges reared or kept in captivity.
- It feeds primarily on deer, but its diet may also include small mammals, wild turkeys, and occasionally domestic livestock, when available.
- Rifles are legal for wild turkey hunting in some areas.
- Birds at the farm include 35 chickens, eight peafowl, a pair of bronze turkeys, geese, domestic ducks and 50 exotic birds ranging from a finch to a macaw parrot in an outdoor aviary.
- The area is home to a variety of other birds, including nesting bald eagles, hawks, owls, bluebirds and several other songbirds, wild turkeys, herons, and waterfowl.
- All species of poultry - large fowl, bantams, waterfowl and turkeys - are kept by thousands of people as pets or simply because they have the space and like to see them around.
- A good display of chickens, boiling fowls and rabbits has replaced Christmas turkeys.
- Both domestic and wild turkeys are very susceptible to infection when they are young but appear to develop parasite species- or strain-specific immunological resistance as they age.
- Some domestic breeds such as turkeys have very colourful feathers.
- A wild turkey gobbled, and we returned to camp for dinner beneath a full moon.
- Western ragweed provides forage for deer and the fruits are an important food source for upland game birds, wild turkeys and songbirds.
- 1.1mass noun The flesh of the turkey as food.火鸡肉
- She sighed to herself and undid the green wrapping that encased her bagel, turkey, and Monterey Jack cheese sandwich.
- Prizes on the lines are turkey, ham, meat vouchers, whiskey and wine.
- Eat a range of meats for protein; include chicken, turkey, lean red meat, fish and lean pork in your diet.
- The county's farms are recognised as producing some of the country's best turkey, beef, sausages and hams.
- Why does cranberry go with turkey, or Chablis with oysters?
- Demand for poultry has grown steadily for decades, and U.S. consumers now eat more chicken and turkey than red meat.
- I took it to the kitchen and cut through the black coat to discover moist turkey meat inside.
- Perhaps no pairing is greater than that of turkey with cranberry sauce.
- Heavy wood smoke is perfect for ribs, turkey, brisket and pork shoulder but never for a delicate chicken.
- The Spring 2002, we ordered our first heritage turkey from Slow Food in New York.
- Carmella served three kinds of meat including: turkey, beef, and turtle.
- Change the water every 30 minutes until turkey is thawed.
- One of my mainstays was mince - beef, pork, turkey or lamb; I didn't often mince the meat myself, as I could not afford the joint in the first place.
- The rabbit itself tasted fine - a cross between chicken, turkey, and pork.
- The best protein sources to include in your diet include chicken, beef, turkey, tuna, salmon, eggs, and low-fat cottage cheese.
- Vix went for a festive option, escalopes of turkey stuffed with cranberry and lemon with sage.
- I love burgers so much and now I can't eat what I want when I want, veggie burgers and turkey burgers replace the steak - I cook them on the grill.
- This pre-Christmas recipe calls for minced fresh turkey meat, preferably from a free-range, organic bird.
- Stuff wheat bread with lean cold cuts such as turkey, ham or roast beef, then add tomatoes, lettuce and peppers to give your child a healthy serving of vegetables.
- The experts tell vegetarians they can eat soy to take the place of real foods like turkey or steak.
2North American informal Something that is extremely or completely unsuccessful, especially a play or film.
〈非正式，主美〉（尤指戏剧、电影）极其（或完全）失败的作品the movie flopped—the second in a trio of turkeys- The closest we have gotten to this genre in recent years are the various pirate turkeys and submarine films.
- He is collecting votes for the worst turkey film of all time.
- His most recent films, execrable turkeys have achieved the seemingly impossible by being even crasser and less watchable than their dismal predecessors.
- 2.1 A stupid or inept person.笨蛋；无能的人I felt like such a turkey spying on his houseidiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod
Phrases
like turkeys voting for Christmas
informal Used to suggest that a particular action or decision is hopelessly self-defeating.
〈非正式〉像火鸡支持圣诞节一样（指某个举动或决定完全是无望地自我拆台）such a move by Liberal Democrats would be like turkeys voting for Christmas- The members who have been kept at arm's length will dutifully behave like turkeys voting for Christmas.
- Most of the clubs are in exactly the same position and like turkeys voting for Christmas, they created the situation themselves.
- I don't think councillors will vote for this with an election looming, it would be like turkeys voting for Christmas.
- It is my belief for fishermen to accept this would be like turkeys voting for Christmas.
- When politicians actively cut taxes, they are like turkeys voting for Christmas.
talk turkey
informal Discuss something frankly and straightforwardly.
〈北美，非正式〉坦率直接地讨论she promised to go talk turkey with the representatives- Both men checked their egos and preconceived notions and talked turkey.
- Can anyone really talk turkey about something as personal as a show they've written and performed?
- Because you genuinely like this family and have proven your friendship, you need to talk turkey to Jane, explaining what parents are for.
- What a cherished American tradition - to eat turkey and talk turkey at the same time.
- So, are you ready to talk turkey about your project?
- At the hearing, it was the academics who talked turkey, and took on the real world.
- It's been an opportunity to talk turkey about poetry.
- As it happens, he was one of the few politicians willing to talk turkey about tax.
- No venue has been set as yet for this coming Christmas, but the usual suspects will talk turkey at some point.
- It's easy to talk turkey on traditional strategies like building an extension to facilitate more manufacturing.
confer, discuss, talk, talk things over, have a talk, exchange views, have discussions, converse, communicate, parley
Origin
Mid 16th century: short for turkey cock or turkeyhen, originally applied to the guinea fowl (which was imported through Turkey), and then erroneously to the American bird.
The turkey got its name because it had been brought to England by merchants from the eastern Mediterranean, whom the English called Turkey merchants because the whole area was then part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire. The new bird was called a Turkey bird or Turkey cock. Turkeys actually came from Mexico and were first brought back from there about 1520.
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Turkey2
A country comprising the whole of the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia, with a small portion in south-eastern Europe to the west of Istanbul; population 78,700,000 (estimated 2015); official language, Turkish; capital, Ankara.
Turkey was the centre of the Ottoman Empire, established in the late Middle Ages and largely maintained until its collapse at the end of the First World War, in which Turkey supported the Central Powers. The nationalist leader Kemal Atatürk established the modern republic of Turkey in the 1920s. Turkey was neutral in the Second World War but is a member of NATO
turkey1
1A large mainly domesticated game bird native to North America, having a bald head and (in the male) red wattles. It is prized as food, especially on festive occasions such as Thanksgiving and Christmas.
吐绶鸡，火鸡Meleagris gallopavo, family Meleagridae (or Phasianidae)
- A wild turkey gobbled, and we returned to camp for dinner beneath a full moon.
- All species of poultry - large fowl, bantams, waterfowl and turkeys - are kept by thousands of people as pets or simply because they have the space and like to see them around.
- Restrictions and slaughter provisions apply to domestic fowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, guinea fowls, quail, ratites, pigeons, pheasants and partridges reared or kept in captivity.
- Rifles are legal for wild turkey hunting in some areas.
- Some domestic breeds such as turkeys have very colourful feathers.
- A good display of chickens, boiling fowls and rabbits has replaced Christmas turkeys.
- The area is home to a variety of other birds, including nesting bald eagles, hawks, owls, bluebirds and several other songbirds, wild turkeys, herons, and waterfowl.
- Western ragweed provides forage for deer and the fruits are an important food source for upland game birds, wild turkeys and songbirds.
- Both domestic and wild turkeys are very susceptible to infection when they are young but appear to develop parasite species- or strain-specific immunological resistance as they age.
- It feeds primarily on deer, but its diet may also include small mammals, wild turkeys, and occasionally domestic livestock, when available.
- Birds at the farm include 35 chickens, eight peafowl, a pair of bronze turkeys, geese, domestic ducks and 50 exotic birds ranging from a finch to a macaw parrot in an outdoor aviary.
- 1.1 The flesh of the turkey as food.火鸡肉
- This pre-Christmas recipe calls for minced fresh turkey meat, preferably from a free-range, organic bird.
- Stuff wheat bread with lean cold cuts such as turkey, ham or roast beef, then add tomatoes, lettuce and peppers to give your child a healthy serving of vegetables.
- Eat a range of meats for protein; include chicken, turkey, lean red meat, fish and lean pork in your diet.
- I took it to the kitchen and cut through the black coat to discover moist turkey meat inside.
- The rabbit itself tasted fine - a cross between chicken, turkey, and pork.
- I love burgers so much and now I can't eat what I want when I want, veggie burgers and turkey burgers replace the steak - I cook them on the grill.
- Change the water every 30 minutes until turkey is thawed.
- Perhaps no pairing is greater than that of turkey with cranberry sauce.
- Carmella served three kinds of meat including: turkey, beef, and turtle.
- The best protein sources to include in your diet include chicken, beef, turkey, tuna, salmon, eggs, and low-fat cottage cheese.
- Demand for poultry has grown steadily for decades, and U.S. consumers now eat more chicken and turkey than red meat.
- She sighed to herself and undid the green wrapping that encased her bagel, turkey, and Monterey Jack cheese sandwich.
- The Spring 2002, we ordered our first heritage turkey from Slow Food in New York.
- Why does cranberry go with turkey, or Chablis with oysters?
- Vix went for a festive option, escalopes of turkey stuffed with cranberry and lemon with sage.
- The experts tell vegetarians they can eat soy to take the place of real foods like turkey or steak.
- One of my mainstays was mince - beef, pork, turkey or lamb; I didn't often mince the meat myself, as I could not afford the joint in the first place.
- The county's farms are recognised as producing some of the country's best turkey, beef, sausages and hams.
- Prizes on the lines are turkey, ham, meat vouchers, whiskey and wine.
- Heavy wood smoke is perfect for ribs, turkey, brisket and pork shoulder but never for a delicate chicken.
2North American informal Something that is extremely or completely unsuccessful, especially a play or movie.
〈非正式，主美〉（尤指戏剧、电影）极其（或完全）失败的作品- His most recent films, execrable turkeys have achieved the seemingly impossible by being even crasser and less watchable than their dismal predecessors.
- He is collecting votes for the worst turkey film of all time.
- The closest we have gotten to this genre in recent years are the various pirate turkeys and submarine films.
- 2.1 A stupid or inept person.笨蛋；无能的人idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod
Phrases
talk turkey
informal Discuss something frankly and straightforwardly.
〈北美，非正式〉坦率直接地讨论- Because you genuinely like this family and have proven your friendship, you need to talk turkey to Jane, explaining what parents are for.
- As it happens, he was one of the few politicians willing to talk turkey about tax.
- What a cherished American tradition - to eat turkey and talk turkey at the same time.
- At the hearing, it was the academics who talked turkey, and took on the real world.
- It's easy to talk turkey on traditional strategies like building an extension to facilitate more manufacturing.
- So, are you ready to talk turkey about your project?
- It's been an opportunity to talk turkey about poetry.
- No venue has been set as yet for this coming Christmas, but the usual suspects will talk turkey at some point.
- Can anyone really talk turkey about something as personal as a show they've written and performed?
- Both men checked their egos and preconceived notions and talked turkey.
confer, discuss, talk, talk things over, have a talk, exchange views, have discussions, converse, communicate, parley
Origin
Mid 16th century: short for turkey cock or turkeyhen, originally applied to the guinea fowl (which was imported through Turkey), and then erroneously to the American bird.
Turkey2
A country comprising the whole of the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia, with a small portion in southeastern Europe to the west of Istanbul; population 78,700,000 (estimated 2015); official language, Turkish; capital, Ankara.
Turkey was the center of the Ottoman Empire, established in the late Middle Ages and largely maintained until its collapse at the end of World War I, in which Turkey supported the Central Powers. The nationalist leader Kemal Atatürk established the modern republic of Turkey in the 1920s. Turkey was neutral in World War II but is a member of NATO