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| /ˈtʃɪkɪn/ |
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| 1 | C a bird kept for its eggs and meat . The sound it makes is called clucking. The female chicken is called a hen and the male is called a cock or a rooster . A baby chicken is called a chick . 鸡 |
| | 1a | U the meat of a chicken 鸡肉 | | fried/roast/grilled chicken 炸/烤/烧鸡 | | a chicken leg 鸡腿 | |
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| 2 | C informal someone who is not brave enough to do something 懦夫；胆小鬼 |
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| 3 | U a game played especially by children in which the winner is the person who continues doing something dangerous the longest （尤指儿童玩的）比试胆量的游戏 |
| play chicken The kids were playing chicken on the railway track when the accident happened. 事故发生时孩子们正在铁轨上比试胆量。 |
| | 3a | a situation in which two groups or countries threaten each other until one gives the other what they want （两个群体或国家之间的）较量，僵持 | | game of chicken The affair degenerated into the longest game of chicken in diplomatic history. 这件事成为外交史上持续时间最长的较量。 | |
| PHRASE |
| - | chickens come home to roost
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| used for saying that the bad results of something someone has done are starting to happen or to become clear |
| 开始自作自受；开始遭到报应 |
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| See also | | - chicken-and-egg | | - count 1 | |
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