tur·key
noun/ˈtɜːki/
/ˈtɜːrki/
(plural turkeys)
Idioms - [countable] a large bird that is often kept for its meat, eaten especially at Christmas in the UK and at Thanksgiving in the US
enlarge image吐绶鸡；火鸡 - We raise turkeys mainly for the Christmas market.
我们饲养火鸡主要是为了供应圣诞节期间的市场。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lean
- Christmas
- Thanksgiving
- …
- breed
- raise
- serve
- …
- gobble
- farm
- breast
- leg
- …
- We raise turkeys mainly for the Christmas market.
- [uncountable] meat from a turkey
火鸡肉 - roast turkey
烤火鸡肉 - the traditional turkey with all the trimmings
配菜齐全的传统火鸡
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lean
- Christmas
- Thanksgiving
- …
- breed
- raise
- serve
- …
- gobble
- farm
- breast
- leg
- …
- roast turkey
- [countable] (North American English, informal) a failure
失败 - His latest movie is a real turkey.
他最近的那部电影是一大败笔。
- His latest movie is a real turkey.
- [countable] (North American English, informal) a stupid person who is not useful to anyone
笨蛋；草包 see also cold turkey
Word Originmid 16th cent.: short for turkeycock or turkeyhen, originally applied to the guineafowl (which was imported through Turkey), and then mistakenly to the American bird.
Idioms
talk turkey
- (informal, especially North American English) to talk about something seriously
郑重其事地谈；严肃认真地谈