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chicken

美音:[´tʃıkən ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.小鸡,小鸟,鸡肉

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chicken为小学词汇   词频:3072

词形变化:

动词过去式:chickened 过去分词:chickened 现在分词:chickening 第三人称单数:chickens

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-en 具有“缩小”意义的名词字尾 变化型 -in

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chicken


/'tʃɪkɪn; `tʃɪkɪn/
n
1 [C] young bird, esp of the domestic fowl 雏鸟; (尤指)小鸡. =>illus at App
1 见附录1之插图, page v.
2 (a) [C] domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat 鸡
*keep chickens 养鸡. Cf 参看 cock1, hen.
(b) [U] its flesh eaten as food 鸡肉
*slices of roast chicken 烧烤鸡肉片.
3 [C] (sl 俚) coward 胆小鬼; 懦夫.
4 [U] (sl 俚) children's game that tests sb's courage in the face of danger (儿童的)胆量比试游戏.
5 (idm 习语) be ,no (spring) `chicken (infml 口) (esp of women) be no longer young (尤指女子)已不年轻. count one's chickens => count1.

v (phr v) chicken out (of sth) (infml 口) decide not to do sth because one is afraid 因害怕而决定不做某事
*He had an appointment to see the dentist but he chickened out (of it) at the last moment. 他已预约治牙, 但到时候却不敢去了.

adj [pred 作表语] (sl 俚) cowardly 胆小; 怯懦.
1. But, as I walked out of the garage, KFC chicken in hand, a portly, unshaven young man in a stocking cap and dark nylon jacket emerged from the shrub by the parking pad and put his pistol between my eyes.
    可是当我手里拿着肯德基炸鸡走出车库时,一个肥壮、留着短髭、头戴绒线帽、身穿深色尼龙夹克的年轻人从停车处旁边的灌木丛中钻出来,把手枪顶在我的双眼之间。

2. We had a choice of the following entrees: roast beef, fried chicken, or baked mackerel.
    我们从下列各主菜中选择一项:烤牛肉、炸鸡或烘鲭鱼。

3. The best sources of iron, and the only sources of the form of iron most readily absorbed by the body, are meat, chicken, and fish.
    最好的铁离子来源,以及惟一最易为身体所吸收的铁离子来源,是肉、鸡和鱼。

4. Do you want a chicken, Mrs Bird? They are very nice.
    你想要只鸡吗, 伯德夫人? 这些鸡很好.

5. Do you want a chicken, Mrs. Bird?
    您要买只鸡吗,

6. "Maybe this is true. When you were young, you got the chicken pox. So many spots, you had to stay home for ten days.
    "也许是这样。你小时候得过水痘。长了许多小痘痘,你只好在家里呆了10天。

7. "It's KFC chicken," I said.
    "是肯德基炸鸡,"我说。

8. And, suddenly — wallet, watch and chicken in hand — their footsteps faded down the darkened street.
    接着,突然间---劫匪们手里拿着钱包、手表和炸鸡---他们的脚步声消失在了黑暗的街道上。

9. "How peculiar," I thought, "to have your life saved by fried chicken. I saw eternity; they saw food."
    "多奇怪啊,"我心中暗道,"竟然是炸鸡救了我的命。当时我看见了死亡,而他们看见了食物。"

10. "But," one officer said on leaving, "taking your chicken, that's rough."
    "但是," 临走时一个警察对我说, "他们拿走了你的炸鸡,这也实在太不像话了。"

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