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chick·en
chI kn
复数:chickens
第三人称单数:chickens
现在分词:chickening
过去式:chickened
过去分词:chickened
词根:chick
adj.chick 胆小的;懦弱的
n.chick 小鸡;小鸟;少妇
noun
the common domestic fowl (Gallus gallus) especially when youngalso: its flesh used as food compare jungle fowl
any of various birds or their young
a young woman
coward
any of various contests in which the participants risk personal safety in order to see which one will give up first
[short for chickenshit] slang petty details
slang a young or youthful gay manalso: a boy or young man regarded as an object of sexual interest especially by a man compare chicken hawk sense 3
adjective
scared
timid, cowardly
insistent on petty details of duty or discipline
petty, unimportant
verb
intransitive verb
to lose one's nerve—usually used with out
seemed to exhibit courage, manliness, and conviction when others chickened out—J. R. Seeley
fried chickenn. 炸鸡
chicken soup鸡汤;心灵鸡汤
chicken breast[医]鸡胸
chicken meat鸡肉
chicken feed家禽饲料;极小额的款项;零钱
chicken wingn. 鸡翅膀;折臂固定
grilled chicken烤鸡;烧鸡;炙鸡
chicken pox[医]水痘
chicken farmn. 养鸡场
roast chicken烤鸡;烧鸡;烤油鸡;片皮脆烧鸡
kentucky fried chicken肯德基
chicken broth鸡汤
chicken salad鸡沙律;鸡沙拉
chicken sandwich鸡肉三明治;两男夹女
spring chickenn. 童子鸡;年轻人(年轻幼稚的女子)
we do chicken right我们做鸡是对的(肯德基的宣传语)
chicken manure鸡粪
chicken leg白云凤爪,鸡腿
chicken out临阵退缩;[美俚]因害怕而停止做某事
chicken livern. 鸡肝;胆小鬼
这二者均可指小鸡,
chicken还可以当鸡肉 The chicken is delicious.
chick小鸡
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中古英语 chiken,源自古英语 cicen(复数 cicenu)“家禽雏鸡,任何鸟类的雏鸟”; 到了早期中古英语,“任何年龄的鸡”都可以这么称呼,源自原始日耳曼语 *kiukinam(源自中古荷兰语 kiekijen,荷兰语 kieken,古诺尔斯语 kjuklingr,瑞典语 kyckling,德语 Küken “鸡”),源自 *keuk-(模仿鸟的叫声,可能也是 cock(n.1)的词根)+ 小型后缀。按照正常的音变规律,它应该变成现代英语 *chichen; 但它没有变成现代英语的原因不明。
印欧语系中,“鸡”的通用词汇往往是“母鸡”词汇的扩展用法,因为在家禽中,母鸡比公鸡更多,但有时它们来自于幼鸟的词汇,比如英语和拉丁语(pullus)。
“懦弱或胆小的人”的意思来自于1610年代; “胆小的”形容词意义至少与14世纪同龄(比较 hen-herte “胆小的人”,15世纪中期)。作为一种测试勇气的危险游戏的名称,它记录于1953年。
Chicken-feed“微不足道的钱数”是1897年的美国俚语; 字面意义(它由最低质量的谷物制成)可以追溯到1834年。Chicken lobster“小龙虾”是1947年的美国英语,显然来自 chicken 的“幼鸟”意义。在“孵化前数鸡蛋”中,count (one's) chickens before they hatch“过于自信地预期获得或做某事”可以追溯到1570年代。Chicken-fried steak(1937年)是美国南方的一道菜谱,将一条薄牛排裹上面糊、面包屑并油炸,就像炸鸡一样。
Noun Middle English chiken, from Old English cicen young chicken; akin to Old English cocc cock
The first known use of chicken was before the 12th century
chicorynoun
a thick-rooted usually blue-flowered European herb related to the daisies and grown for its roots and as a salad plantalso: its dried ground roasted root that is sometimes added to coffee
chic1 of 2noun
fashionable style
chic2 of 2adjective
stylish, smart
chic clothes
chiclenoun
a gum from the latex of a tropical tree that is used as an important part of chewing gum
chickweednoun
any of several low-growing small-leaved weedy plants related to the pinks
chicknoun
chicken entry 1 sense 1especially: one newly hatched
the young of any bird
informal, sometimes offensive girl sense 1b, woman sense 1
chickpeanoun
an Asian herb of the legume family cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seedsalso: its seed
chicken1 of 3noun
the common domestic fowl especially when youngalso: its flesh used as food
any of various birds or their young
coward
chicken2 of 3adjective
cowardly sense 1
chicken3 of 3verb
to lose one's courage—usually used with out
chicken1 of 3noun
the common domestic fowl especially when youngalso: its flesh used as food
any of various birds or their young
coward
chicken2 of 3adjective
cowardly sense 1
chicken3 of 3verb
to lose one's courage—usually used with out
1 Here are some pictures of my chicken for you.
2 The chicken had stopped squawking; perhaps it had decided to accept the inevitable.
3 We lower the chicken legs over the side and into the water.
4 From the look of outrage he directed toward the cops, I got the feeling that he felt they were villains, and that he wanted to take Sergeant Caputo apart like a rotisserie chicken.
5 “No. You’re strong, Lanesha. Who got us ready for the storm? Who fixed this chicken? Who looked after me when I remained in bed? Who tried to reach 911? Who tried to help?”
6 Which seemed like an awfully slow and noisy escape for a chicken thief.
7 “Thought you left the game a long time ago, Ma. You ain’t no spring chicken, you know!”
8 She could almost smell her mother’s boiled chicken and yams.
9 I slide down the wall and sit on the floor, and a chicken comes and stands on my lap.
10 She was accustomed to the chorus of meadowlarks and sandpipers and prairie chickens, now overlaid with the pock-pocking of drills pounding the earth.
11 This man had also been quite unable to raise chickens since the land was poisoned.
12 Piper put her new sword to good use, while spraying food from the cornucopia in her other hand—using hams, chickens, apples, and oranges as interceptor missiles.
13 We saw a dead chicken in the road, and Lynn and I screamed.
14 From far away on the north side where the Italians lived and kept chickens in their yards, came the crowing of a rooster.
15 I don’t mind saying the chicken was out of this world.
16 She could have snuck home cans of Chef Boyardee and Campbell's chicken noodle soup for the little kids.
17 As soon as she crossed the garden, Anya could hear the chickens raising a huge ruckus inside the barn.
18 too chicken to go through with the stunt
19 If you count all the chickens, pigs, and fish, there are hundreds of millions of food animals raised on factory farms every year.
20 They brought plates of cold ham and chicken, bowls of fruit salad, caramel pudding and ice cream.
1 无经验之人
2 胆小
chicken-hearted nervous cowardly craven spineless gutless mousy spiritless pusillanimous lily-livered poor-spirited cowardice shy timid timorous yellow-bellied chickenhearted white-livered poltroonery cold feet cowardy coward yellow funky faint-hearted tremulous chinless chicken-heart milk-livered pigeonhearted harehearted henhearted milky fearsome diffident fainthearted rabbity chicken-livered faintheart pavid cowish diffidence nervosity
6 懦夫
coward recreant Funk jellyfish craven dingo Milquetoast sook poltroon milksop caitiff dastard yellow-belly faint heart big girl's blouse worm cur wuss pansy wimp milquetoast rabbit turkey sop patsy quitter softie piker mollycoddle faintheart pudding heart weak sister rabbit heart nidering mouse Ethel chickenheart sheep funk hilding meacock yellowbelly candyass yellow belly candy ass fraidy cat
8 小
-ular little small low light young minor junior thumbnail petty slender diminutive dinky petit venial sawed-off one-horse pocket-size pint-size shirttail diddy jerkwater Podunk suckerel toucanet caddie pustule knave littleness fils sitella drop
9 卑劣的
snoep mean little low poor yellow nasty foul villain miserable petty reptile filthy vile lousy wretched despicable cowardly shoddy paltry scaly villainous reptilian soulless scurvy dastardly snide dishonorable contemptible squalid ratty degrading ornery scummy scabby low-down wormy ungenerous scabbed poltroon hilding baseborn meanspirited cowardy currish low-minded
10 废话
ballocks horsefeathers clamjamfry schmegeggy kafooster stuff truck phrase trash vanilla crap garbage nonsense cock spinach rubbish blah bullshit yak cobbler quack chaff bilge jive tripe moonshine bleat burble prattle hogwash horseshit twaddle hooey hokum poppycock palaver balderdash tootle tosh bosh piffle trumpery flummery haver malarky blether squit surplusage blatherskite cagmag
11 胆怯的
timid intimidated timorous fainthearted lily-livered cheese nervous scary funky eerie sissy skittish pusillanimous unheroic poltroon nesh faintheart trepidant
12 不重要
mean little small light poor minor slight lightweight nominal insignificant negligible futile inconsequential trifling small-time nonessential jerkwater idle indifference nothingness insignificance all one of no importance make no matter of no moment
14 怯懦
cowardly craven faint-hearted gutless pusillanimous cowardice spineless chickenshit recreant weakhearted safe dastardly tremulous yellow-bellied fainthearted lily-livered dastard hilding white-livered pusillanimously tremulousness poltroonery dastardliness
15 小儿
16 从…退缩
18 鸡
pollo murgh chook fowl biddy chucky barn door fowl marsh hawk hen harrier chuck hen buzzard chooky
20 极小
minute tiny wee pygmy imperceptible infinitesimal Lilliputian subminiature ultraminiature big as a bee's knee
22 胆怯
timid intimidated timorous fainthearted lily-livered overawe yellow nervous craven faint-hearted diffident chickenshit pusillanimous quail daunt chicken out of doing chicken out of of doing chicken out cheese scary funky eerie sissy skittish unheroic poltroon nesh faintheart trepidant fainting pusillanimity chickenheart squib desolate have butterflies in stomach
24 不重要的
mean little small light poor minor slight lightweight nominal insignificant negligible futile inconsequential trifling small-time nonessential jerkwater idle of no importance of no moment
25 小孩
kid baby youngster chick mite babe kiddie chit bairn moppet bambino younker bantling young ones childly godfer child bud tad tot kiddy nipper tyke tiddler tacker youngling kinchin
26 畏缩
retiring bashful recoil flinch funk cringe quail cower blench dread shrink falter baulk hang back
27 怯懦的
coward cowardly craven faint-hearted gutless unmanly chickenshit recreant weakhearted safe dastardly tremulous yellow-bellied fainthearted lily-livered dastard hilding white-livered
28 胆小鬼
cowardly funk coward cur cowardy WIMP craven scaredy-cat piker sook poltroon recreant yellow-belly candy-ass Chicken Little mouse sissy scaredy cat milquetoast nerves Nellie weak sister chickenshit cissy wuss sheep deuce clam-face nervous Nellie willyboy ball rabbit puff marshmallow patsy squib ringtail yellowbelly chickenheart
31 未成熟的人
32 孩子的
33 幼小的
35 阴茎
penile penial jing-jang chingus hootchee member tool boy arm gun weapon joint meat rod organ pole hammer shaft banana pencil gadget penis cock peg pudding dick wick prick chopper prong John wag dork dong knocker piccolo phallus dink schmuck Johnson pud cirrus wang pecker chanticleer pisser priapus jang bicho membrum pinga schlang dang
36 家禽
38 卑鄙的
nidering piss-ass snoep mean little small base dirty ugly miserable muddy reptile worthless rotten insignificant filthy shabby despicable unworthy slimy scaly rascal lewd abject impure dingy sordid grubby scurvy squalid underhand mucky scummy scabby low-down mangy rascally beggarly hangdog scabbed caddish whoreson caitiff hoggish meanspirited yellow-dog hogly down and dirty
40 小的
-ular little small low light minor junior thumbnail petty slender diminutive dinky petit venial sawed-off one-horse pocket-size pint-size shirttail diddy jerkwater Podunk
42 卑鄙
nidering piss-ass snoep mean little small base dirty ugly miserable muddy reptile worthless rotten insignificant filthy shabby despicable unworthy slimy scaly rascal lewd abject impure dingy sordid grubby scurvy squalid underhand mucky scummy scabby low-down mangy rascally beggarly hangdog scabbed caddish whoreson caitiff hoggish meanspirited yellow-dog hogly miscreancy slime turpitude littleness abjection Belial down and dirty
44 年轻人
young youthful kid blood son button youth blade adolescent youngster squirt wag sapling stripling jeunesse younker youngling shaveling springal
46 小孩的
48 胆小者
49 胆小的
yellow coward cowardly sissy faint-hearted tremulous chickenshit mousy recreant chicken-hearted candy-assed shy timid timorous yellow-bellied chickenhearted white-livered cowardy nervous funky lily-livered poor-spirited craven pusillanimous chinless milk-livered pigeonhearted harehearted henhearted milky fearsome diffident fainthearted rabbity chicken-livered faintheart pavid cowish
50 卑劣
snoep mean little low poor yellow nasty foul villain miserable petty reptile filthy vile lousy wretched despicable cowardly shoddy paltry scaly villainous reptilian soulless scurvy dastardly snide dishonorable contemptible squalid ratty degrading ornery scummy scabby low-down wormy ungenerous scabbed poltroon hilding baseborn meanspirited cowardy currish low-minded rascally meanly villainy meanness turpitude