[N-COUNT 可数名词]母鸡 A hen is a female chicken. People often keep hens in order to eat them or sell their eggs.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]雌禽 The female of any bird can be referred to as a hen .
...ostrich hens.
雌性鸵鸟
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hen/hen; NAmEhen/noun1a female chicken, often kept for its eggs or meat 母鸡◆a small flock of laying hens一小群下蛋的母鸡◆battery hens层架式鸡笼饲养的母鸡2( especially in compounds 尤用于构成复合词) any female bird 雌禽◆a hen pheasant雌雉☞compare