hen
noun/hen/
/hen/
- a female chicken, often kept for its eggs or meat
母鸡 - a small flock of laying hens
一小群下蛋的母鸡 - battery hens
层架式鸡笼饲养的母鸡
Extra ExamplesTopics Birdsc2- I could hear the hens clucking in the farmyard.
我能听到母鸡在农场院子里咯咯叫。 - My hens have stopped laying.
我的母鸡已经不下蛋了。 - The hen laid three beautiful speckled eggs.
母鸡下了 3 枚蛋壳上有小斑点的漂亮鸡蛋。 - The hens pecked hopefully at the dusty floor.
几只母鸡啄着满是尘土的地面觅食。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- battery
- free-range
- mother
- …
- keep
- lay
- lay eggs
- cluck
- …
- coop
- house
- a small flock of laying hens
- (especially in compounds) any female bird
雌禽 - a hen pheasant
雌雉
- a hen pheasant
Word OriginOld English henn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hen and German Henne.