chicken
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈtʃɪk.ɪn]
- 美式音标 [ˈtʃɪk.ɪn]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.鸡；鸡肉；胆小者
- adj.懦弱的；胆小的
- vi.失去勇气
词源解说
- 直接源自中古英语的chiken；最初源自古英语的cycen，意为小公鸡。
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- chick：胆小的；懦弱的。
- n性质的同根词
- chick：小鸡；小鸟；少妇。
用法辨析
- chicken可以指作为家禽的鸡,也可指作为食品的鸡肉。作“小鸡”解时是个体名词,可数; 作“鸡肉”解时则是物质名词,不可数。
n. (名词)
英汉例句
- The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.
鹰抓起一只小鸡就飞走了。
用作名词 (n.)
词组短语
- boil chicken 煮鸡
- bone a chicken 给鸡去骨
- cook chicken 烹鸡,煮鸡
- count one 's chickens 数鸡
- dress a chicken 把鸡开膛洗净
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～
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