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    chicken 的英语意思

    chickenchicken1 /ˈtʃɪkɪn/ noun 查看全部语言翻译1[countable] a common farm bird that is kept for its meat and eggs一种常见家禽,饲养以取肉和蛋hen, cock, rooster, chick2[uncountable] the meat from this bird eaten as food此禽的肉,用作食物:  roast chicken烤鸡 fried chicken炸鸡 chicken soup鸡汤3[countable] informal非正式 someone who is not at all brave完全不勇敢的人;胆小鬼 SYN  coward:  Don’t be such a chicken!别这么胆小!4[uncountable] a game in which children do something dangerous, for example stand on a railway line when a train is coming, and try to be the one who continues doing it for the longest time一种危险游戏,参与者(通常是孩子)做危险的事,例如在火车驶来时站在铁轨上,看谁坚持最久5which came first, the chicken or the egg? used to say that it is difficult or impossible to decide which of two things happened first, or which action is the cause and which is the effect用于表示难以或无法判断两件事中哪个先发生,或哪个是因、哪个是果6a chicken and egg situation/problem etc a situation in which it is impossible to decide which of two things happened first, or which action is the cause and which is the effect无法判断两件事哪个先发生、或哪个是因哪个是果的状况7somebody’s chickens have come home to roost used to say that someone’s bad or dishonest actions in the past have caused the problems that they have now用于表示某人过去的不良或不诚实行为导致了他们现在所面临的问题 don’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched at count1(8), → spring chickenCOLLOCATIONS词语搭配– Meaning 2— 释义 2adjectives形容词fresh (=recently killed and not frozen)· Is the chicken fresh?· 这鸡肉新鲜吗?frozen· We never buy cheap frozen chicken.· 我们从不买便宜的冷冻鸡肉。free-range (=from a chicken that moved around outside and ate naturally)· All the chicken we serve is free-range.· 我们提供的鸡肉全部来自散养鸡。roast chicken (=cooked in an oven)· For dinner we're having roast chicken.· 晚餐我们吃烤鸡。fried chicken (=cooked in oil)· They filled their plates with fried chicken.· 他们把盘子装满了炸鸡。skinless chicken (=with the skin removed)· For this recipe, you will need a two pounds of skinless chicken.· 这道食谱需要两磅去皮鸡肉。chicken + NOUNchicken + 名词chicken breast/thigh/wing· Chop the chicken breast into pieces.· 把鸡胸肉切成小块。a chicken piece (=a chicken breast, leg, thigh or wing)· You will need two chicken pieces per person.· 每人需要两块鸡肉。chicken drumsticks (=the lower part of chicken legs)· party food, such as sandwiches and chicken drumsticks· 派对食物,如三明治和鸡腿a chicken sandwich/salad/pie etc· I'll make a chicken pie with the leftovers.· 我会用剩菜做鸡肉派。verbs动词stuff a chicken (=fill a chicken with a mixture of onion, lemon, herbs etc)carve a chicken (=cut up a whole chicken that has been cooked)
    chickenchicken2 verb chicken out phrasal verb informal非正式 to decide at the last moment not to do something you said you would do, because you are afraid临阵退缩;因恐惧而在最后一刻决定不做之前答应要做的事:  You’re not chickening out, are you?你不会临阵退缩吧?
    chickenchicken3 adjective [not before noun] informal非正式 not brave enough to do something不够勇敢,不敢做某事 SYN  cowardly:  Dave’s too chicken to ask her out.戴夫太胆小了,不敢约她出去。