fowl
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1 [C] (pl unchanged or ~s 復(fù)數(shù)或不變或作fowls) domestic cock or hen 雞
We keep a few fowls and some goats. 我們養(yǎng)了幾只雞和一些山羊.
2 [U] flesh of certain types of birds, eaten for food 禽肉; 雞肉
We had fish for the first course, followed by roast fowl and fresh vegetables. 我們吃的第一道菜是魚, 接著上的菜是烤禽肉和新鮮蔬菜.
3 [C] (arch 古) any bird 任何鳥類
the fowls of the air 飛禽.
4 (in compounds 用以構(gòu)成復(fù)合詞) bird of the type specified 某種禽鳥: `waterfowl
barnyard fowl * `wildfowl. fowl, v [I]
(usu 通常作 go `fowling) hunt or snare wildfowl 獵捕野禽.
That's right. We will take 10 pigs, 10 sheep and sixty chickens. The chickens can eat the food that we would otherwise throw away. They will provide us with eggs and meat.