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chick.en BIRD5tFIk7Inna type of bird kept on a farm for its eggs or its meat, or the meat of this bird which is cooked and eaten鸡，鸡肉In battery farms, chickens are kept in tiny cages. [C]在层架式家禽饲养场里，鸡被关在小笼子里。A male chicken is called a cock and a female chicken is called a hen. [C]公鸡叫“cock”，母鸡叫“hen”。I don't eat red meat like pork or beef, but I do eat fish and chicken. [U]我不吃猪肉牛肉一类的红色肉，可鱼肉和鸡肉我是吃的。We're having roast/fried chicken for dinner. [U]我们晚饭吃烤鸡/炸鸡。(infml) A chicken and egg situation or problem is one where it is impossible to say which of two things existed first and which caused the other one.鸡与蛋孰先的问题，因果次序问题It's a chicken and egg situation -- are they poor because they were badly educated, or were they badly educated because they were poor?这是个鸡生蛋还是蛋生鸡的问题----他们是因为缺乏教育而贫困呢，还是因为贫困而缺乏教育？Chicken wire is netting made of metal wire, which was originally used to make enclosures for chickens.铁丝网笼"Why did the chicken cross the road?" (well-known joke question) "To get to the other side" (answer)“鸡为什么要穿过道路？”（有名的开玩笑问题）“为了到路的另一边去。”（答案）
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