1 [C] a bird that people often keep for its eggs and its meat 鸡
2 [U] the meat of this bird 鸡肉:
chicken soup鸡汤
Notice that chicken is the general word for the bird and its meat. A male chicken is called a cock (USrooster), a female is called a hen and a young bird is called a chick. 注意,chicken常用来指鸡、鸡肉。公鸡叫做cock(在美国叫做rooster),母鸡叫做hen,小鸡叫做chick。 Don't count your chickens (before they're hatched)→COUNT¹
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/ˈtʃɪkɪn ||; ˈtʃɪkɪn/verbchicken out (of sth)(informal 非正式) to decide not to do sth because you are afraid 胆怯退缩;临阵退缩:
Mark chickened out of swimming across the river when he saw how far it was.马克看到河的对岸颇远,便临阵退缩,不敢游过去了。
chicken1/ˋtʃIkIn; ˈtʃIkən or ˈtʃIkIn/n 1 [C] a farm bird that is kept for its meat and eggs [→ chick, cock, hen, rooster] 鸡see picture at见 FARM1 图2 [U] the meat from a chicken 鸡肉: roast chicken 烤鸡chicken soup 鸡汤
chicken2v chicken out phr v informal to decide at the last moment not to do something because you are not brave enough【非正式】〔因害怕而〕临阵退缩: You’re not chickening out, are you? 你不会临阵退缩吧?
chicken3adj informal not brave enough to do something [ cowardly ] 【非正式】胆小的: Dave's too chicken to ask her out. 戴夫太胆小﹐不敢约她出去。
chickenchickenchickensnoun1(pluralchickens) a bird that people often keep for its eggs and its meatword buildingA female chicken is called a hen and a male chicken is called a cock. A young chicken is a chick.2(no plural) the meat from this bird: roast chicken