chicken
chicken
英[ˈtʃɪkɪn]美[ˈtʃɪkɪn]
n.鸡（肉），胆小鬼；
复数：chickens;
例句
I will help myself to the chicken.我会自己动手吃鸡的。
He demolished two big platefuls of chicken.他吃光了两大盘鸡肉。
Let's cut up the chicken and make some soup.我们把鸡剁成块煮汤吧。
a pint of chicken stock.一品脱原汁鸡汤。
She spoke through a mouthful of chicken.她说话时嘴里含着一块鸡肉。
The chicken picked about the yard.小鸡在院子里到处啄食。
He finished off two bowls of chicken noodles soup in no time.他很快吃完了两碗鸡汤面。
We had a wonderful dinner, with chicken done to a turn and home-grown vegetables.我们吃了顿丰美的晚餐，鸡肉做得恰到火候，还有自家种的蔬菜。
Put the chicken pieces in a casserole.把鸡块放到砂锅里。
The Freak was a three-legged biddy chicken hatched by one o our own hens.“奇观”是我们自己的母鸡孵出的一只三条腿的小鸡崽。
英语六级真题
Add a lunch of chicken, rice and broccoli (西兰花), and you are already over the recommended 50 grams.
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section BIt's in foods many of us expect, such as beef, chicken and other types of meat and dairy.
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section BThe company boasts that its dried crickets contain more protein than beef, chicken, and pork, as well as minerals like iron and calcium.
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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鸡
Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
例句
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。...free-range chickens.散养的鸡N-COUNT
胆小鬼
If someone calls you a chicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something.
例句
I'm scared of the dark. I'm a big chicken.我怕黑，是个十足的胆小鬼。PHRASE
高兴得太早;过早地打如意算盘
If you say that someone is counting their chickens, you mean that they are assuming that they will be successful or get something, when this is not certain.
例句
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 a chicken and egg situation, you mean that it is impossible to decide which of two things caused the other one.
例句
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 is running round like a headless chicken or rushing around like a headless chicken, they are panicking when they should be thinking carefully about what needs to be done.
例句
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。英英词典释义
Noun
1. the flesh of a chicken used for food
2. a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
3. a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
4. a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops
Adjective
1. easily frightened
