英语单词 | hen |
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英美音标 | 英 [hen] 美 [hen] |
中文释义 | n.母鸡;雌禽 |
英语例句 | (1) The hen sits for most of the day. (2) The hen laid a large brown egg. (3) The hen tucked her head under her wing. (4) The hen clucked when calling her chickens. (5) This hen lays beautiful brown eggs. (6) The hen has hatched all her chickens. (7) The cock has brighter coloured feathers than the hen. |
中文例句 | (1) 这只母鸡整天大部分时间都在抱窝。 (2) 这只母鸡下了一个大红皮蛋。 (3) 那母鸡把头缩在翅膀下。 (4) 母鸡唤小鸡时,发出咯咯的叫声。 (5) 这只母鸡下很漂亮的棕色蛋。 (6) 那只母鸡已经孵出了全部小鸡。 (7) 雄鸟的羽毛比雌鸟的艳丽。 |
vocabulary简明 | A hen is a female chicken. It's important to make sure your new backyard chickens are hens and not roosters — otherwise, those eggs you're looking forward to just aren't going to happen. |
vocabulary扩展 | You can use the word hen for the female of many birds, including turkeys, pheasants, and quail, as well as for a female lobster. In parts of Britain, a hen can also be a (slightly offensive) slang term for a woman, and if something's described as being "rare as hen's teeth," it's extremely precious or scarce. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [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. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]雌禽 The female of any bird can be referred to as a hen .
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