chickens

英 [ˈtʃɪkɪnz]

美 [ˈtʃɪkɪnz]

n.  鸡; 鸡肉
chicken的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 鸡
  Chickensare birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
  1. Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs.
     莱昂内尔做了个鸡笼，打算养些鸡，吃上新鲜鸡蛋。
  2. ...free-range chickens.
     散养的鸡
  3. Chickenis the flesh of this bird eaten as food.
     鸡肉
  4. ...roast chicken with wild mushrooms.
     野山菌烤鸡
  5. ...chicken soup.
     鸡汤
• N-COUNT 胆小鬼
  If someone calls you achicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something.
  1. I'm scared of the dark. I'm a big chicken.
     我怕黑，是个十足的胆小鬼。
  2. Chickenis also an adjective.
     
  3. Why are you so chicken, Gregory?
     格雷戈里，你怎么就这么胆小呢？
• PHRASE 高兴得太早;过早地打如意算盘
  If you say that someoneis countingtheirchickens, you mean that they are assuming that they will be successful or get something, when this is not certain.
  1. I don't want to count my chickens before they are hatched.
     我不想高兴得太早。
• PHRASE 鸡和蛋的问题(指很难决定孰先孰后、孰因孰果的情境)
  If you describe a situation as achicken and eggsituation, you mean that it is impossible to decide which of two things caused the other one.
  1. It's a chicken and egg situation. Does the deficiency lead to the eczema or has the eczema led to certain deficiencies?
     这是个鸡和蛋的问题。是因为营养缺乏导致湿疹呢，还是湿疹导致了某些营养缺乏？
• PHRASE 像只没头的苍蝇到处乱窜
  If someone isrunning round like a headless chickenorrushing around like a headless chicken, they are panicking when they should be thinking carefully about what needs to be done.
  1. Instead of running round like a headless chicken use your efforts in a more productive way.
     别像只没头苍蝇东一头西一头的，力气要用对地方。
• chickens come home to roost→ see:roost

双语例句

• The gross national product were seen as a hodgepodge of buicks, chickens, shirts, and diaper services.
  把国民生产总值看成是别克牌汽车，小鸡，衬衫和织补服务等的大杂烩。
• The chickens will peck up all the grain that you throw on the ground.
  小鸡会把你扔在地上的谷子全鹐起来吃掉。
• When will the baby chickens hatch out?
  小鸡什么时候孵出？
• A hen hatches chickens.
  母鸡孵化小鸡。
• I don't want to count my chickens before they are hatched.
  我不想高兴得太早。
• I breed a dozen of chickens.
  我饲养了一打小鸡。
• Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs.
  莱昂内尔做了个鸡笼，打算养些鸡，吃上新鲜鸡蛋。
• He had chickens and things round the back
  他在房子后面养了些鸡啊什么的。
• Chickens clucked in the garden.
  鸡在花园里咯咯叫。
• Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
  蛋尚未孵出，勿先数鸡。