capon

n. 阉鸡

发音

US /ˈkeɪpən/
其它
UK /ˈkeɪpən/

词形变化

capons 复数 capons caponed caponing capons 三单 caponing 现在分词 caponed 过去式 caponed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.

    阉鸡

    𫔌鸡

v.
  1. 1.

    To castrate; to make a capon of.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

chicken

相关短语

Yarmouth capon

词源

Inherited from Middle English capoun, from Old English capūn, from Old Northern French capon (Old French chapon), from Latin cāpō, cāpōnem (Vulgar Latin *cappō).

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