chicken是什么意思？

chicken

英[ˈtʃɪkɪn] 美[ˈtʃɪkən]

• n. 鸡，鸡肉，胆小鬼，懦夫；
• adj. 胆怯的，幼小的，胆小的；
• vi. 以畏缩的方式去做，失去勇气，在最后一刻因胆怯而退出了；

复数：chickens;

第三人称单数：chickens;

过去式：chickened;

现在分词：chickening;

例句

• I will help myself to the chicken. 我会自己动手吃鸡的。
• He demolished two big platefuls of chicken. 他吃光了两大盘鸡肉。
• Let's cut up the chicken and make some soup. 我们把鸡剁成块煮汤吧。
• a pint of chicken stock. 一品脱原汁鸡汤。
• She spoke through a mouthful of chicken. 她说话时嘴里含着一块鸡肉。
• The chicken picked about the yard. 小鸡在院子里到处啄食。
• He finished off two bowls of chicken noodles soup in no time. 他很快吃完了两碗鸡汤面。
• We had a wonderful dinner, with chicken done to a turn and home-grown vegetables. 我们吃了顿丰美的晚餐，鸡肉做得恰到火候，还有自家种的蔬菜。
• Put the chicken pieces in a casserole. 把鸡块放到砂锅里。
• The Freak was a three-legged biddy chicken hatched by one o our own hens. “奇观”是我们自己的母鸡孵出的一只三条腿的小鸡崽。

词组

• don't count your chickens before they're hatched
  see count 见 count
• running (或 rushing) about like a headless chicken
  (informal)acting in a panic-stricken manner and not thinking clearly about what should be done (非正式)慌如无头小鸡，惊惶失措

英语四级真题

Some tables will arrive on a Sunday, order a whole chicken and a shoulder of lamb or a baby pig, and just stay for hours enjoying everything we bring out for them.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  鸡
  Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
  例句
  Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs. 莱昂内尔做了个鸡笼，打算养些鸡，吃上新鲜鸡蛋。 ...free-range chickens. 散养的鸡
• N-COUNT
  胆小鬼
  If someone calls you a chicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something.
  例句
  I'm scared of the dark. I'm a big chicken. 我怕黑，是个十足的胆小鬼。
• PHRASE
  高兴得太早;过早地打如意算盘
  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.
  例句
  I don't want to count my chickens before they are hatched. 我不想高兴得太早。
• PHRASE
  鸡和蛋的问题(指很难决定孰先孰后、孰因孰果的情境)
  If you describe a situation as a chicken and egg situation, you mean that it is impossible to decide which of two things caused the other one.
  例句
  It's a chicken and egg situation. Does the deficiency lead to the eczema or has the eczema led to certain deficiencies? 这是个鸡和蛋的问题。是因为营养缺乏导致湿疹呢，还是湿疹导致了某些营养缺乏？
• PHRASE
  像只没头的苍蝇到处乱窜
  If someone is running round like a headless chicken or rushing around like a headless chicken, they are panicking when they should be thinking carefully about what needs to be done.
  例句
  Instead of running round like a headless chicken use your efforts in a more productive way. 别像只没头苍蝇东一头西一头的，力气要用对地方。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the flesh of a chicken used for food
  2. a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
  3. a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
  4. a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops
• Adjective
  1. easily frightened