Chicken
[ 'tʃɪkɪn ]
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n. 鸡;鸡肉;胆小鬼;懦夫;
adj. 胆怯的;幼小的;胆小的;
vi. 以畏缩的方式去做，失去勇气;在最后一刻因胆怯而退出了;
💡 词根助记
chick小鸡+en表名词 →小鸡
📝 例句
A chicken has to break open its shell.
小鸡得把蛋壳弄破（才能出来）。
curried chicken [egg]
用咖哩调味的鸡肉 [蛋]
A bowl of hot chicken soup is good for you.
喝一碗热鸡汤对你有好处。
The chicken has only one eye,
有一只chicken.
They thought I was chicken when I refused to go with them.
当我拒绝跟他们走时,他们以为我胆怯了。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ chi-拼音“吃”,c-拼音“常”,ken-拼音“啃”:酷爱吃鸡,常啃鸡肉
※ chi-拼音“吃”,c-拼音“吃”,ken-拼音“啃”:吃鸡要先吃鸡肉再啃骨头
※ chi-拼音“翅”,c-拼音“吃”,ken-拼音“啃”:小鸡的翅膀吃起来的时候要细细的啃
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
chicken
n
1 [C] young bird, esp of the domestic fowl 雏鸟; （尤指）小鸡. =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, page v.
2
(a) [C] domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat 鸡
keep chickens 养鸡. Cf 参看 cock1, hen.
(b) [U] its flesh eaten as food 鸡肉
slices of roast chicken 烧烤鸡肉片.
3 [C] (sl 俚) coward 胆小鬼; 懦夫.
4 [U] (sl 俚) children's game that tests sb's courage in the face of danger （儿童的）胆量比试游戏.
5 (idm 习语) be ,no (spring) `chicken (infml 口) (esp of women) be no longer young （尤指女子）已不年轻. count one's chickens => count1. chicken, v (phr v) chicken out (of sth) (infml 口) decide not to do sth because one is afraid 因害怕而决定不做某事
He had an appointment to see the dentist but he chickened out (of it) at the last moment. 他已预约治牙, 但到时候却不敢去了. chicken, adj [pred 作表语]
(sl 俚) cowardly 胆小; 怯懦.
🎯 考研助记
七嘴八啃（部分谐音）吃 鸡肉
🔁 扩展释义
*['tʃikin]n. 小鸡, 鸡肉相关词组: play chicken
📖 同为「小学」词汇
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This is a little difficult for her.
这对她来说有点不习惯。
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
身处逆境不择友。
He's a terrible man when he's angry.
他生气的时候很可怕。