/'tɜ:kɪ; `tɝkɪ/
n (pl ~s)
1 (a) [C] large bird reared to be eaten, esp at Christmas 吐绶鸡; 火鸡. =>illus at App
1 见附录1插图, page v.
(b) [U] its flesh as food （食用的）火鸡肉
*a slice of roast turkey 一片烤火鸡肉.
2 [C] (US sl 俚) failure; flop 失败; 失败的人或事物
*His last movie was a real turkey. 他最後的那部影片一塌糊涂.
3 (idm 习语) cold turkey => cold1. talk turkey => talk2.


大型的家养家禽的肉，通常用来烘烤

n

[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Turkey; because the bird looked like the guinea fowl, which was brought into Europe through Turkey]
[C]
a bird that looks like a large chicken and is often eaten at Christmas and at Thanksgiving
[U]
the meat from a turkey eaten as food
　roast turkey
[C]AmE informal an unsuccessful film or play
talk turkey
informal especially AmE to talk seriously about details, especially in business
→cold turkey


flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted