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| 1 | C the round object with a shell that a female bird produces and a baby bird develops in . The mother bird lays an egg , and later the egg hatches and the baby bird comes out （鸟类的）蛋 |
| a hen’ s/pigeon’ s/sparrow’ s egg 母鸡/鸽子/麻雀下的蛋 |
| an ostrich egg 鸵鸟蛋 |
| | 1a | C/U a hen’ s egg used as food （作为食物的）鸡蛋 | | We had scrambled eggs for breakfast. 我们早餐吃了炒鸡蛋。 | | an egg sandwich 鸡蛋三明治 | |
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| 2 | C a small object produced by a female insect , frog , snake etc, that a young animal comes out of （雌性昆虫、雌蛙、雌蛇等所产的）卵 |
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| 3 | C a cell produced inside a woman or female animal that develops into a baby if it is fertilized by a sperm (= a male cell) 卵子；卵细胞 |
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| - | sb can’ t even boil an egg humorous
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| used for saying that someone cannot cook even the simplest food |
| 某人连鸡蛋也不会煮；某人连最简单的饭菜都不会做 |
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| - | a good egg informal old-fashioned
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| a good or reliable person |
| 好人；可靠的人 |
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| - | have/get egg on your face informal
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| to be embarrassed or appear stupid because something you tried to do has gone wrong |
| 出丑；丢脸；蒙羞 |
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| - | lay an egg mainly AMERICAN informal
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| to fail completely in what you are trying to do |
| 完全失败 |
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| - | put all your eggs in one basket
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| to depend completely on just one idea , plan , or person so that you have no other possibilities if things go wrong |
| 把一切希望寄托在一件事上；孤注一掷 |
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