chicken
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [?t??k.?n]
- 美式音標 [?t??k.?n]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n.雞；雞肉；膽小者
- adj.懦弱的；膽小的
- vi.失去勇氣
詞源解說
- 直接源自中古英語的chiken；最初源自古英語的cycen，意為小公雞。
用法辨析
- chicken可以指作為家禽的雞,也可指作為食品的雞肉。作“小雞”解時是個體名詞,可數(shù); 作“雞肉”解時則是物質(zhì)名詞,不可數(shù)。
n. (名詞)
詞組短語
- boil chicken 煮雞
- bone a chicken 給雞去骨
- cook chicken 烹雞,煮雞
- count one 's chickens 數(shù)雞
- dress a chicken 把雞開膛洗凈
用作名詞 (n.)
動詞+～
英英字典
- (BIRD) a type of bird kept on a farm for its eggs or its meat, or the meat of this bird that is cooked and eaten
- (PERSON) a person who is not brave
- not brave
- Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
- Chicken is the flesh of this bird eaten as food.
- If someone calls you a chicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something.
- Chicken is also an adjective.
- If you say that someone is counting their chickens, you mean that they are assuming that they will be successful or get something, when this is not certain.
- chickens come home to roost&rarrsee roost