pheas·ant
noun/ˈfeznt/
/ˈfeznt/
[countable, uncountable] (plural pheasants, pheasant)
- a large bird with a long tail, the male of which is brightly coloured. People sometimes shoot pheasants for sport or food. Meat from this bird is also called pheasant.
enlarge image野鸡；雉；野鸡肉 - (British English) to shoot pheasant
射猎野鸡 - (North American English) to hunt pheasant
打野鸡 - roast pheasant
烤野鸡
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French fesan, via Latin from Greek phasianos ‘(bird) of Phasis’, the name of a river in the Caucasus (a mountainous region in SE Europe), from which the bird is supposed to have spread westwards. - (British English) to shoot pheasant