| 单词 | chicken |
| 释义 | nounverbadjective🔑 chick·enBrE /ˈtʃɪkɪn/ NAmE /ˈtʃɪkɪn/ noun 🔑 [C ]a large bird that is often kept for its eggs or meat 鸡◆ They keep chickens in the back yard . 他们在后院养鸡。◆ free -range chickens 自由放养的鸡 ➡ compare cocknoun (1 ) , hen🔑 [U ]meat from a chicken 鸡肉◆ fried /roast chicken 炸鸡；烧鸡◆ chicken stock /soup 原汁鸡汤；鸡汤◆ chicken breasts /livers /thighs 鸡胸脯肉；鸡肝；鸡大腿◆ chicken and chips 炸鸡块配炸薯条 ➡ see also spring chicken ● a ˌchicken -and -ˈegg situation , problem , etc .a situation in which it is difficult to tell which one of two things was the cause of the other 鸡与蛋孰先难定的情况；因果难定的问题● play ˈchicken to play a game in which people do sth dangerous for as long as they can to show how brave they are . The person who stops first has lost the game 比试胆量● don't count your ˈchickens (before they are ˈhatched )(saying ) you should not be too confident that sth will be successful , because sth may still go wrong 不要蛋未孵化先数小鸡；别过早打如意算盘● run around like a ˌheadless ˈchicken to be very busy and active trying to do sth , but not very organized , with the result that you do not succeed 茫无头绪地瞎忙一通● sth comes home to ˈroost (also the chickens come home to ˈroost ) used to say that if sb says or does sth bad or wrong , it will affect them badly in the future 自食恶果；报应到自己身上🔑 chick·enBrE /ˈtʃɪkɪn/ NAmE /ˈtʃɪkɪn/ verb present simple - I / you / we / they chicken BrE /ˈtʃɪkɪn/ NAmE /ˈtʃɪkɪn/ present simple - he / she / it chickens BrE /ˈtʃɪkɪnz/ NAmE /ˈtʃɪkɪnz/ past simple chickened BrE /ˈtʃɪkɪnd/ NAmE /ˈtʃɪkɪnd/ past participle chickened BrE /ˈtʃɪkɪnd/ NAmE /ˈtʃɪkɪnd/ -ing form chickening BrE /ˈtʃɪkɪnɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈtʃɪkɪnɪŋ/ ● ˌchicken ˈout (of sth /of doing sth )(informal ) to decide not to do sth because you are afraid 因害怕而放弃；临阵退缩；胆怯🔑 chick·enBrE /ˈtʃɪkɪn/ NAmE /ˈtʃɪkɪn/ adjective [not before noun ](informal ) not brave ; afraid to do sth 胆怯；懦弱；怯懦SYN cowardly |
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