/'pəʊltrɪ; `poltrɪ/
n
(a) [pl v] hens, ducks, geese, turkeys, etc kept for eating or for their eggs; domestic fowls 家禽
*The poultry have been fed. 家禽已经喂过饲料了.
* [attrib 作定语] poultry farming 家禽饲养业.
(b) [U] meat of these eaten as food 家禽肉
*Poultry is expensive at this time of year. 一年中的这个时候禽肉很贵.
* There's not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多.


饲养的鸡、火鸡、鸭子和鹅等的作为食物的肉

n
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: pouleterie, from polet 'young chicken']
[plural]
birds such as chickens and ducks that are kept on farms in order to produce eggs and meat
[U]
meat from birds such as chickens and ducks


flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food