chick

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n. 小鸡, 小鸟, 竹帘

发音

US /t͡ʃɪk/

词形变化

chicks 复数 chicken 复数 chicked chicking chicks 三单 chicks chicking 现在分词 chicked 过去式 chicked 过去分词

别名

chik

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A young bird.

    雏鸟

    小雏儿

    Near-synonyms: nestling, fledgling

  2. 2.

    A young bird.

    A young chicken.

    雏

    小鸡

  3. 3.

    An attractive, young woman; or, more generally, a woman.

    小丫头

    非正式

    This chick's a machine but her friend is way more fun.

    They're going to have a chick weekend. No guys allowed.

    He'll fall for any chick with a nice smile.

  4. 4.

    A friendly fighter aircraft.

    俚语 政治 军事
  5. 5.

    A young child.

    过时
  6. 1.

    A screen or blind made of finely slit bamboo and twine, hung in doorways or windows.

    印度

    Then, through a cautiously lifted chick, the old scene stands revealed […]

v.
  1. 1.

    To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    To compress the lips and then separate them quickly, resulting in a percussive noise.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

bird doll skirt dame wench biddy

上位词 5

girl miss chicken missy young lady

相关短语

chick pea chick flick n. 针对女性的浪漫电影; 言情片 chick lit n. 鸡仔文学 chick flicks chick with a dick chick flickish chick friend chick friends chick magnet chick magnets chick peas chick boy chick boys chick car

词源

From Middle English chicke, chike, variation of chiken (“chicken", also "chick”), from Old English ċicen, ċycen (“chicken”). Sense of "young woman" dates to at least 1860 (compare chit (“young, pert woman”)). More at chicken.

来源：wiktionary