| [/ˈtʃɪkɪn; ˋtʃɪkɪn/] n 用法:
1 [C] young bird, esp of the domestic fowl 雏鸟; （尤指）小鸡. =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, page v. 用法:
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(a) [C] domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat 鸡:
keep chickens 养鸡. Cf 参看 cock1, hen.
(b) [U] its flesh eaten as food 鸡肉:
slices of roast chicken 烧烤鸡肉片. 用法:
3 [C] (sl 俚) coward 胆小鬼; 懦夫. 用法:
4 [U] (sl 俚) children's game that tests sb's courage in the face of danger （儿童的）胆量比试游戏. 用法:
5 (idm 习语) be ,no (spring) `chicken (infml) (esp of women) be no longer young （尤指女子）已不年轻. count one's chickens => count1. chicken 2
v (phr v) chicken out (of sth) (infml 口) decide not to do sth because one is afraid 因害怕而决定不做某事:
He had an appointment to see the dentist but he chickened out (of it) at the last moment. 他已预约治牙, 但到时候却不敢去了. chicken 3
adj [pred 作表语] (sl 俚) cowardly 胆小; 怯懦. |