turkey
n. 火鸡, 无用的家伙, 土耳其
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教材释义与例句
火鸡；笨蛋；失败之作
a bird that looks like a large chicken and is often eaten at Christmas and at Thanksgiving
土耳其（横跨欧亚两洲的国家）
roast turkey
烤火鸡
释义与例句
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The guinea fowl (family Numididae).
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With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
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An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
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A foolish or inept person.
美国 可数 贬义 俚语The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him.
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A prostitute.
贬义 俚语 非裔美国英语Shorty think she slick, but everybody know she a turkey.
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A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.
A wild turkey of Meleagris gallopavo.
火鸡
吐绶鸡
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A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.
A domesticated bird of Meleagris gallopavo domesticus.
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The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
不可数All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.
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A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.
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A pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle; also, a large travel bag, a suitcase.
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A failure.
美国 可数 俚语That film was a turkey.
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下位词 3
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词源
Clipping of turkey-cock and turkey-hen, originally denoting the guinea fowl, an African bird that was first imported to Europe through Turkey, but there is some controversy over the origin. The word was then transferred to the superficially similar North American bird Meleagris gallopavo.
来源：wiktionary