Definition of hen in English:

hen

noun hɛnhɛn

1A female bird, especially of a domestic fowl.
（尤指家禽）雌禽
Example sentencesExamples
- Usually the hen bird would fly off and work her way through the undergrowth in rather a flurry as one approached the nest, so this usually served as a warning to tread carefully.
- Displaying to the hen, the flame and gold crest features of the male are fully exposed.
- Well before the cock is over the nest, the hen rises and approaches him from below, turns over almost upside down and catches the prey as he drops it.
- I couldn't believe how many types of hens there are and how tame they are.
- The 5 bantam hens and one California white hen provide excellent grasshopper and slug control.
- Chickens raised for meat are dumped into sheds housing thousands of birds, while hens raised for their eggs are stuffed into cages and after they churn out hundreds of eggs, they, too, are slaughtered.
- The female red junglefowl is leaner than tame hens.
- If you have - as I do - a yard full of hens and roosters, you learn quickly how emotional these birds are.
- Clare's free-range hens are lucky birds; for breakfast she feeds them organic porridge with apple and sultanas, and uses suncream when it gets hot.
- Certified organic poultry - including laying hens, broilers, and turkeys - showed even higher rates of growth during this period.
- He hid near nests of black woodpeckers, kingfishers, northern hazel hens and Eurasian sparrow hawks.
- Breeding hens and young chicks eat a greater proportion of animal matter than the rest of the population.
- In early spring the turkey hen began to lay and when she had 12-15 eggs laid around St. Patrick's Day they began to hatch.
- International cuisine uses the eggs of other birds, including ducks, geese, sparrows, quails and ostriches, but it is the hen that has been universally domesticated.
- The hen usually lays two eggs, which she incubates for about 24 days until they hatch.
- My mother kept chickens until all four hens and the three cockerels were stolen just over two weeks ago by the local kids.
- They're sort of like cardinals - the males are all scarlet and beautiful, and the females are little brown hens.
- Male and female birds are very similar, with the hens distinguished only by their brighter, pinkish-red irides.
- Tragically it's beyond them to understand the instinct that will make even a domestic hen attack anyone coming between her and her chicks.
- In adults, the cock has a crimson crown while the hen's cap is dull white; the young of both sexes usually show touches of red on the crown.
1. 1.1hens Domestic fowls of either sex.
  家禽
  Example sentencesExamples
  Male hens which are hatched are usually killed the instant they are born as they are of no use whatsoever to the battery farm industry.
  Now the European Union is in the process of overhauling many practices involving farm animals like hens, calves and pigs.
  Shot over a five-year period, the programme reveals secret glimpses into the ordinary, everyday life of cattle, sheep, hens and wildlife on the Cotswold slopes.
  The only things living were a sow, her piglets, and some hens scratching in the dirt.
  Children will also delight in the baby piglets, kittens, ducks, and hens that roam free.
2. 1.2 Used in names of birds, especially waterbirds of the rail family, e.g. moorhen, native hen.
  用于其他鸟的名称（尤指秧鸡科水鸟），例如 moorhen，native hen
  Example sentencesExamples
  Pan-roasted guinea hen, golden as the duck, is sparked by a sauce of tomato and lovage.
  Incubating common eider hens were caught on the nest with hand-nets on selected islands in the study area.
3. 1.3British A woman who is about to get married and is attending a celebration with female friends and relatives.
  today's naughty hens don't want to share the stories with their other halves
4. 1.4Scottish Used as an affectionate term of address to a girl or woman.
  〈苏格兰〉（用于对女孩或妇女的爱称）丫头，（小）姑娘
  and I really like you too, hen
  Example sentencesExamples
  If anything really exciting has happened to you in the past month, please tell me in the comments because I just cannae go on like this, hen.
  One creaky old man shouted in frustration, ‘I just cannae understand ya, hen!’
  It was one of those lofty dreams I had, so now I cannae believe I'm here, hen.
  Well ah'm sorry if ah upset ye but it's too late noo, hen.
2A female lobster, crab, or salmon.
雌龙虾（或螃蟹、鲑鱼）
Example sentencesExamples
- Down below me in a shallow margin I watched a ragged hen salmon, bursting with eggs, preparing to spawn with a huge cock fish that had a kype like a fist and a tail like a shovel.
- It went into the ‘fish bank’ - a cage in the river where the best hens are kept for breeding at the end of the season.

Phrases

as rare (or scarce) as hen's teeth

Extremely rare.
罕见的，稀有的
Example sentencesExamples
- In Australia (where I'm from) these units are as scarce as hen's teeth.
- They're about as rare as hen's teeth, but I'll try to find you one.
- The police are as rare as hen's teeth in Bingley so we have to wait for a terrible accident before anything will be done (if then).
- With the union chief pointing out that taxis were still as rare as hen's teeth at weekends, he expects messages to start rolling in.
- She acknowledged the existence of differences between men and women, but argued that the reason ‘women are as scarce as hen's teeth’ in academia is due to discrimination.
- No wonder both teams are finding victories about as rare as hen's teeth.
- Floral gifts are as rare as hen's teeth round my house too, as it happens, and asking the women of my acquaintance, it seems I'm not the only one.
- These will be as rare as hen's teeth in the selections made by Scotland coach Berti Vogts for Saturday's first leg at Hampden, and the return in the Amsterdam Arena four days later.
- Good, dedicated filing clerks are as rare as hen's teeth.
- Getting rooms for girls is like hen's teeth, as they keep the numbers as even as possible, and being as there are about twice as many women dancing as men, the women's rooms go pronto presto.
Synonyms
rare, uncommon, unusual, exceptional, few and far between, few, like gold dust, as scarce as hens' teeth

Origin

Old English henn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hen and German Henne.

Ultimately the word hen is related to Latin canere ‘to sing’. Apart from singing hens, what could be rarer than hen's teeth? Hens do not have teeth, so to describe something as as rare as hen's teeth is tantamount to saying that it is non-existent. The phrase was originally used in the USA during the mid 19th century. The henpecked husband has long been a staple of comedies and seaside postcards, and the word goes back to The Genuine Remains (1680) by Samuel Butler. The expression comes from the way that hens will sometimes peck at the feathers of other birds.

Rhymes

Adrienne, again, amen, Ardennes, Behn, Ben, Benn, Bren, cayenne, Cévennes, Dairen, den, en, fen, gen, glen, Glenn, Guyenne, Gwen, julienne, Karen, ken, Len, Loren, men, Nene, Ogaden, paren, pen, Penn, Phnom Penh, Rennes, Shenzhen, Sun Yat-sen, ten, then, Tlemcen, when, wren, yen, zazen, Zen

Definition of hen in US English:

hen

nounhenhɛn

1A female bird, especially of a domestic fowl.
（尤指家禽）雌禽
Example sentencesExamples
- Usually the hen bird would fly off and work her way through the undergrowth in rather a flurry as one approached the nest, so this usually served as a warning to tread carefully.
- They're sort of like cardinals - the males are all scarlet and beautiful, and the females are little brown hens.
- Clare's free-range hens are lucky birds; for breakfast she feeds them organic porridge with apple and sultanas, and uses suncream when it gets hot.
- Breeding hens and young chicks eat a greater proportion of animal matter than the rest of the population.
- The hen usually lays two eggs, which she incubates for about 24 days until they hatch.
- International cuisine uses the eggs of other birds, including ducks, geese, sparrows, quails and ostriches, but it is the hen that has been universally domesticated.
- If you have - as I do - a yard full of hens and roosters, you learn quickly how emotional these birds are.
- My mother kept chickens until all four hens and the three cockerels were stolen just over two weeks ago by the local kids.
- In adults, the cock has a crimson crown while the hen's cap is dull white; the young of both sexes usually show touches of red on the crown.
- Tragically it's beyond them to understand the instinct that will make even a domestic hen attack anyone coming between her and her chicks.
- Displaying to the hen, the flame and gold crest features of the male are fully exposed.
- In early spring the turkey hen began to lay and when she had 12-15 eggs laid around St. Patrick's Day they began to hatch.
- Certified organic poultry - including laying hens, broilers, and turkeys - showed even higher rates of growth during this period.
- He hid near nests of black woodpeckers, kingfishers, northern hazel hens and Eurasian sparrow hawks.
- The female red junglefowl is leaner than tame hens.
- Chickens raised for meat are dumped into sheds housing thousands of birds, while hens raised for their eggs are stuffed into cages and after they churn out hundreds of eggs, they, too, are slaughtered.
- Male and female birds are very similar, with the hens distinguished only by their brighter, pinkish-red irides.
- I couldn't believe how many types of hens there are and how tame they are.
- Well before the cock is over the nest, the hen rises and approaches him from below, turns over almost upside down and catches the prey as he drops it.
- The 5 bantam hens and one California white hen provide excellent grasshopper and slug control.
1. 1.1hens Domestic fowls of either sex.
  家禽
  Example sentencesExamples
  Now the European Union is in the process of overhauling many practices involving farm animals like hens, calves and pigs.
  Children will also delight in the baby piglets, kittens, ducks, and hens that roam free.
  Shot over a five-year period, the programme reveals secret glimpses into the ordinary, everyday life of cattle, sheep, hens and wildlife on the Cotswold slopes.
  The only things living were a sow, her piglets, and some hens scratching in the dirt.
  Male hens which are hatched are usually killed the instant they are born as they are of no use whatsoever to the battery farm industry.
2. 1.2 Used in names of birds, especially waterbirds of the rail family, e.g., moorhen.
  用于其他鸟的名称（尤指秧鸡科水鸟），例如 moorhen，native hen
  Example sentencesExamples
  Incubating common eider hens were caught on the nest with hand-nets on selected islands in the study area.
  Pan-roasted guinea hen, golden as the duck, is sparked by a sauce of tomato and lovage.
3. 1.3 A female lobster, crab, or salmon.
  雌龙虾（或螃蟹、鲑鱼）
  Example sentencesExamples
  It went into the ‘fish bank’ - a cage in the river where the best hens are kept for breeding at the end of the season.
  Down below me in a shallow margin I watched a ragged hen salmon, bursting with eggs, preparing to spawn with a huge cock fish that had a kype like a fist and a tail like a shovel.

Phrases

as rare (or scarce) as hen's teeth

Extremely rare.
罕见的，稀有的
Example sentencesExamples
- They're about as rare as hen's teeth, but I'll try to find you one.
- Floral gifts are as rare as hen's teeth round my house too, as it happens, and asking the women of my acquaintance, it seems I'm not the only one.
- She acknowledged the existence of differences between men and women, but argued that the reason ‘women are as scarce as hen's teeth’ in academia is due to discrimination.
- Good, dedicated filing clerks are as rare as hen's teeth.
- The police are as rare as hen's teeth in Bingley so we have to wait for a terrible accident before anything will be done (if then).
- These will be as rare as hen's teeth in the selections made by Scotland coach Berti Vogts for Saturday's first leg at Hampden, and the return in the Amsterdam Arena four days later.
- In Australia (where I'm from) these units are as scarce as hen's teeth.
- No wonder both teams are finding victories about as rare as hen's teeth.
- Getting rooms for girls is like hen's teeth, as they keep the numbers as even as possible, and being as there are about twice as many women dancing as men, the women's rooms go pronto presto.
- With the union chief pointing out that taxis were still as rare as hen's teeth at weekends, he expects messages to start rolling in.
Synonyms
rare, uncommon, unusual, exceptional, few and far between, few, like gold dust, as scarce as hens' teeth

Origin

Old English henn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hen and German Henne.

单词	hen
释义	Definition of hen in English: hen noun hɛnhɛn 1A female bird, especially of a domestic fowl. （尤指家禽）雌禽 Example sentencesExamples Usually the hen bird would fly off and work her way through the undergrowth in rather a flurry as one approached the nest, so this usually served as a warning to tread carefully. Displaying to the hen, the flame and gold crest features of the male are fully exposed. Well before the cock is over the nest, the hen rises and approaches him from below, turns over almost upside down and catches the prey as he drops it. I couldn't believe how many types of hens there are and how tame they are. The 5 bantam hens and one California white hen provide excellent grasshopper and slug control. Chickens raised for meat are dumped into sheds housing thousands of birds, while hens raised for their eggs are stuffed into cages and after they churn out hundreds of eggs, they, too, are slaughtered. The female red junglefowl is leaner than tame hens. If you have - as I do - a yard full of hens and roosters, you learn quickly how emotional these birds are. Clare's free-range hens are lucky birds; for breakfast she feeds them organic porridge with apple and sultanas, and uses suncream when it gets hot. Certified organic poultry - including laying hens, broilers, and turkeys - showed even higher rates of growth during this period. He hid near nests of black woodpeckers, kingfishers, northern hazel hens and Eurasian sparrow hawks. Breeding hens and young chicks eat a greater proportion of animal matter than the rest of the population. In early spring the turkey hen began to lay and when she had 12-15 eggs laid around St. Patrick's Day they began to hatch. International cuisine uses the eggs of other birds, including ducks, geese, sparrows, quails and ostriches, but it is the hen that has been universally domesticated. The hen usually lays two eggs, which she incubates for about 24 days until they hatch. My mother kept chickens until all four hens and the three cockerels were stolen just over two weeks ago by the local kids. They're sort of like cardinals - the males are all scarlet and beautiful, and the females are little brown hens. Male and female birds are very similar, with the hens distinguished only by their brighter, pinkish-red irides. Tragically it's beyond them to understand the instinct that will make even a domestic hen attack anyone coming between her and her chicks. In adults, the cock has a crimson crown while the hen's cap is dull white; the young of both sexes usually show touches of red on the crown. 1.1hens Domestic fowls of either sex. 家禽 Example sentencesExamples Male hens which are hatched are usually killed the instant they are born as they are of no use whatsoever to the battery farm industry. Now the European Union is in the process of overhauling many practices involving farm animals like hens, calves and pigs. Shot over a five-year period, the programme reveals secret glimpses into the ordinary, everyday life of cattle, sheep, hens and wildlife on the Cotswold slopes. The only things living were a sow, her piglets, and some hens scratching in the dirt. Children will also delight in the baby piglets, kittens, ducks, and hens that roam free. 1.2 Used in names of birds, especially waterbirds of the rail family, e.g. moorhen, native hen. 用于其他鸟的名称（尤指秧鸡科水鸟），例如 moorhen，native hen Example sentencesExamples Pan-roasted guinea hen, golden as the duck, is sparked by a sauce of tomato and lovage. Incubating common eider hens were caught on the nest with hand-nets on selected islands in the study area. 1.3British A woman who is about to get married and is attending a celebration with female friends and relatives. today's naughty hens don't want to share the stories with their other halves 1.4Scottish Used as an affectionate term of address to a girl or woman. 〈苏格兰〉（用于对女孩或妇女的爱称）丫头，（小）姑娘 and I really like you too, hen Example sentencesExamples If anything really exciting has happened to you in the past month, please tell me in the comments because I just cannae go on like this, hen. One creaky old man shouted in frustration, ‘I just cannae understand ya, hen!’ It was one of those lofty dreams I had, so now I cannae believe I'm here, hen. Well ah'm sorry if ah upset ye but it's too late noo, hen. 2A female lobster, crab, or salmon. 雌龙虾（或螃蟹、鲑鱼） Example sentencesExamples Down below me in a shallow margin I watched a ragged hen salmon, bursting with eggs, preparing to spawn with a huge cock fish that had a kype like a fist and a tail like a shovel. It went into the ‘fish bank’ - a cage in the river where the best hens are kept for breeding at the end of the season. Phrases as rare (or scarce) as hen's teeth Extremely rare. 罕见的，稀有的 Example sentencesExamples In Australia (where I'm from) these units are as scarce as hen's teeth. They're about as rare as hen's teeth, but I'll try to find you one. The police are as rare as hen's teeth in Bingley so we have to wait for a terrible accident before anything will be done (if then). With the union chief pointing out that taxis were still as rare as hen's teeth at weekends, he expects messages to start rolling in. She acknowledged the existence of differences between men and women, but argued that the reason ‘women are as scarce as hen's teeth’ in academia is due to discrimination. No wonder both teams are finding victories about as rare as hen's teeth. Floral gifts are as rare as hen's teeth round my house too, as it happens, and asking the women of my acquaintance, it seems I'm not the only one. These will be as rare as hen's teeth in the selections made by Scotland coach Berti Vogts for Saturday's first leg at Hampden, and the return in the Amsterdam Arena four days later. Good, dedicated filing clerks are as rare as hen's teeth. Getting rooms for girls is like hen's teeth, as they keep the numbers as even as possible, and being as there are about twice as many women dancing as men, the women's rooms go pronto presto. Synonyms rare, uncommon, unusual, exceptional, few and far between, few, like gold dust, as scarce as hens' teeth Origin Old English henn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hen and German Henne. Ultimately the word hen is related to Latin canere ‘to sing’. Apart from singing hens, what could be rarer than hen's teeth? Hens do not have teeth, so to describe something as as rare as hen's teeth is tantamount to saying that it is non-existent. The phrase was originally used in the USA during the mid 19th century. The henpecked husband has long been a staple of comedies and seaside postcards, and the word goes back to The Genuine Remains (1680) by Samuel Butler. The expression comes from the way that hens will sometimes peck at the feathers of other birds. Rhymes Adrienne, again, amen, Ardennes, Behn, Ben, Benn, Bren, cayenne, Cévennes, Dairen, den, en, fen, gen, glen, Glenn, Guyenne, Gwen, julienne, Karen, ken, Len, Loren, men, Nene, Ogaden, paren, pen, Penn, Phnom Penh, Rennes, Shenzhen, Sun Yat-sen, ten, then, Tlemcen, when, wren, yen, zazen, Zen noun.1 phr. Definition of hen in US English: hen nounhenhɛn 1A female bird, especially of a domestic fowl. （尤指家禽）雌禽 Example sentencesExamples Usually the hen bird would fly off and work her way through the undergrowth in rather a flurry as one approached the nest, so this usually served as a warning to tread carefully. They're sort of like cardinals - the males are all scarlet and beautiful, and the females are little brown hens. Clare's free-range hens are lucky birds; for breakfast she feeds them organic porridge with apple and sultanas, and uses suncream when it gets hot. Breeding hens and young chicks eat a greater proportion of animal matter than the rest of the population. The hen usually lays two eggs, which she incubates for about 24 days until they hatch. International cuisine uses the eggs of other birds, including ducks, geese, sparrows, quails and ostriches, but it is the hen that has been universally domesticated. If you have - as I do - a yard full of hens and roosters, you learn quickly how emotional these birds are. My mother kept chickens until all four hens and the three cockerels were stolen just over two weeks ago by the local kids. In adults, the cock has a crimson crown while the hen's cap is dull white; the young of both sexes usually show touches of red on the crown. Tragically it's beyond them to understand the instinct that will make even a domestic hen attack anyone coming between her and her chicks. Displaying to the hen, the flame and gold crest features of the male are fully exposed. In early spring the turkey hen began to lay and when she had 12-15 eggs laid around St. Patrick's Day they began to hatch. Certified organic poultry - including laying hens, broilers, and turkeys - showed even higher rates of growth during this period. He hid near nests of black woodpeckers, kingfishers, northern hazel hens and Eurasian sparrow hawks. The female red junglefowl is leaner than tame hens. Chickens raised for meat are dumped into sheds housing thousands of birds, while hens raised for their eggs are stuffed into cages and after they churn out hundreds of eggs, they, too, are slaughtered. Male and female birds are very similar, with the hens distinguished only by their brighter, pinkish-red irides. I couldn't believe how many types of hens there are and how tame they are. Well before the cock is over the nest, the hen rises and approaches him from below, turns over almost upside down and catches the prey as he drops it. The 5 bantam hens and one California white hen provide excellent grasshopper and slug control. 1.1hens Domestic fowls of either sex. 家禽 Example sentencesExamples Now the European Union is in the process of overhauling many practices involving farm animals like hens, calves and pigs. Children will also delight in the baby piglets, kittens, ducks, and hens that roam free. Shot over a five-year period, the programme reveals secret glimpses into the ordinary, everyday life of cattle, sheep, hens and wildlife on the Cotswold slopes. The only things living were a sow, her piglets, and some hens scratching in the dirt. Male hens which are hatched are usually killed the instant they are born as they are of no use whatsoever to the battery farm industry. 1.2 Used in names of birds, especially waterbirds of the rail family, e.g., moorhen. 用于其他鸟的名称（尤指秧鸡科水鸟），例如 moorhen，native hen Example sentencesExamples Incubating common eider hens were caught on the nest with hand-nets on selected islands in the study area. Pan-roasted guinea hen, golden as the duck, is sparked by a sauce of tomato and lovage. 1.3 A female lobster, crab, or salmon. 雌龙虾（或螃蟹、鲑鱼） Example sentencesExamples It went into the ‘fish bank’ - a cage in the river where the best hens are kept for breeding at the end of the season. Down below me in a shallow margin I watched a ragged hen salmon, bursting with eggs, preparing to spawn with a huge cock fish that had a kype like a fist and a tail like a shovel. Phrases as rare (or scarce) as hen's teeth Extremely rare. 罕见的，稀有的 Example sentencesExamples They're about as rare as hen's teeth, but I'll try to find you one. Floral gifts are as rare as hen's teeth round my house too, as it happens, and asking the women of my acquaintance, it seems I'm not the only one. She acknowledged the existence of differences between men and women, but argued that the reason ‘women are as scarce as hen's teeth’ in academia is due to discrimination. Good, dedicated filing clerks are as rare as hen's teeth. The police are as rare as hen's teeth in Bingley so we have to wait for a terrible accident before anything will be done (if then). These will be as rare as hen's teeth in the selections made by Scotland coach Berti Vogts for Saturday's first leg at Hampden, and the return in the Amsterdam Arena four days later. In Australia (where I'm from) these units are as scarce as hen's teeth. No wonder both teams are finding victories about as rare as hen's teeth. Getting rooms for girls is like hen's teeth, as they keep the numbers as even as possible, and being as there are about twice as many women dancing as men, the women's rooms go pronto presto. With the union chief pointing out that taxis were still as rare as hen's teeth at weekends, he expects messages to start rolling in. Synonyms rare, uncommon, unusual, exceptional, few and far between, few, like gold dust, as scarce as hens' teeth Origin Old English henn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hen and German Henne. noun.1 phr.
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