chickens是什么意思？

chickens

• n. 鸡( chicken的名词复数 )，鸡肉；

例句

• For years he avoided paying tax. But now his chickens have come home to roost and he’s got a tax bill of ￡25000. 多年来他一直迴避纳稅，现在报应来了，他的稅额累积到了2.5万英镑。
• The old man likes raising rabbits, chickens, dogs and horses. 这个老人喜欢养兔子、鸡、狗和马。
• We hunted the neighbour's chickens out of our yard. 我们把邻居家的小鸡从我们院子里轰走了。
• The chickens have already hatched. 小鸡已经孵出来了。
• A hen hatches chickens. 母鸡孵化小鸡。
• The farmyard was quiet,with just a few chickens scratching about. 这农家庭院静悄悄的,只有几只鸡在四处扒食。
• If the chickens come out of their coops early,it will rain during the day. 鸡出笼早,当天雨到。
• Chickens,goats and rabbits were offered for barter at the bazaar. 在集市上,鸡、山羊和兔子被摆出来作物物交换之用。
• Count not your chickens before they are hatched. 不要过早乐观。
• English breed of large white - skinned chickens. 白皮肤的英国种大鸡.

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。