chicken
n. 小鸡, 鸡肉
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教材释义与例句
鸡肉的；胆怯的；幼小的
not brave enough to do something
释义与例句
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1.
A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus).
可数 不可数backyard chickens
barnyard chickens
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2.
The meat from this bird eaten as food.
鸡肉
不可数 可数boneless chicken
tastes like chicken
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3.
The young of any bird; a chick.
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4.
A coward.
可数 贬义 俚语 不可数(More commonly used as an adjective with this sense; see below.)
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5.
A young or inexperienced person.
可数 贬义 俚语 不可数"This case will make a stir, sir," he remarked. "It beats anything I have seen, and I am no chicken."
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6.
A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
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The game of dare.
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The game of dare.
A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the "chicken" (that is, the loser).
可数 不可数Don't play chicken with a freight train; you're guaranteed to lose.
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A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
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10.
A kilogram of cocaine.
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A small pewter pot used in a tavern.
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1.
plural of chick
英国 方言 废旧
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1.
To avoid a situation one is afraid of.
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Cowardly.
贬义 非正式Why do you refuse to fight? Huh, I guess you're just too chicken.
词汇关系
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词源
From Middle English chiken (also as chike > English chick), from Old English ċicen, ċycen (“chicken”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *kiukīn (“chicken”), or alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *kukkīn, equivalent to cock + -en. Compare North Frisian schückling (“chicken”), Saterland Frisian Sjuuken (“chicken”), Dutch kuiken (“chick, chicken”), German Low German Küken (“chick”), whence German Küken (“chick”), (elevated, obsolete) German Küchlein (“chick”) and Old Norse kjúklingr (“chicken”).
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