Chicken
[ 't??k?n ]
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n. 雞;雞肉;膽小鬼;懦夫;
adj. 膽怯的;幼小的;膽小的;
vi. 以畏縮的方式去做，失去勇氣;在最后一刻因膽怯而退出了;
?? 詞根助記
chick小雞+en表名詞 →小雞
?? 例句
A chicken has to break open its shell.
小雞得把蛋殼弄破（才能出來）。
curried chicken [egg]
用咖哩調味的雞肉 [蛋]
A bowl of hot chicken soup is good for you.
喝一碗熱雞湯對你有好處。
The chicken has only one eye,
有一只chicken.
They thought I was chicken when I refused to go with them.
當我拒絕跟他們走時,他們以為我膽怯了。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ chi-拼音“吃”,c-拼音“常”,ken-拼音“啃”:酷愛吃雞,常啃雞肉
※ chi-拼音“吃”,c-拼音“吃”,ken-拼音“啃”:吃雞要先吃雞肉再啃骨頭
※ chi-拼音“翅”,c-拼音“吃”,ken-拼音“啃”:小雞的翅膀吃起來的時候要細細的啃
? 同義詞
?? 反義詞
?? 牛津釋義
chicken
n
1 [C] young bird, esp of the domestic fowl 雛鳥; （尤指）小雞. =>illus at App 1 見附錄1之插圖, page v.
2
(a) [C] domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat 雞
keep chickens 養雞. Cf 參看 cock1, hen.
(b) [U] its flesh eaten as food 雞肉
slices of roast chicken 燒烤雞肉片.
3 [C] (sl 俚) coward 膽小鬼; 懦夫.
4 [U] (sl 俚) children's game that tests sb's courage in the face of danger （兒童的）膽量比試游戲.
5 (idm 習語) be ,no (spring) `chicken (infml 口) (esp of women) be no longer young （尤指女子）已不年輕. count one's chickens => count1. chicken, v (phr v) chicken out (of sth) (infml 口) decide not to do sth because one is afraid 因害怕而決定不做某事
He had an appointment to see the dentist but he chickened out (of it) at the last moment. 他已預約治牙, 但到時候卻不敢去了. chicken, adj [pred 作表語]
(sl 俚) cowardly 膽小; 怯懦.
?? 考研助記
七嘴八啃（部分諧音）吃 雞肉
?? 擴展釋義
*['t?ikin]n. 小雞, 雞肉相關詞組: play chicken
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By doing that, it will encourage reading.
這樣做能鼓勵閱讀。
I'm going to buy five pieces.
我要買五片。
What are you doing to do now,George?
你現在打算干什么，喬治？