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chicken

noun
 
/ˈtʃɪkɪn/
/ˈtʃɪkɪn/
Idioms
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  1.  
     [countable] a large bird that is often kept for its eggs or meat鸡
    • They keep chickens in the back yard.他们在后院养鸡。
    • free-range chickens自由放养的鸡
    • Chickens were pecking at the ground.鸡在地上啄。
    • the sound of chickens clucking鸡咯咯的声音
    compare cock, hen see also spring chicken
    Extra Examples
    • A few chickens were scratching around the yard.几只鸡在院子里到处刨。
    • Are we just going to sit here like trussed up chickens?难道我们只能像被缚的鸡一样呆坐在这里吗？
    • Battery chickens have miserable lives.在鸡笼里饲养的鸡生存环境很差。
    • Free-range chickens have happy lives.放养的鸡活得快活。
    • a crate of live chickens一箱活鸡
    Topics Birdsa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • battery
    • broiler
    • corn-fed
    • …
    verb + chicken
    • keep
    • raise
    • kill
    • …
    chicken + verb
    • peck
    • scratch
    • cluck
    • …
    chicken + noun
    • farmer
    • coop
    • run
    • …
    See full entry
  2.  
     [uncountable] meat from a chicken鸡肉
    • fried chicken炸鸡
    • roast/grilled chicken烤/烤鸡
    • succulent pieces of chicken鲜嫩美味的鸡肉块
    • chicken and chips炸鸡块配炸薯条
    • chicken breasts/wings鸡胸肉/鸡翅
    • chicken livers/thighs鸡肝/大腿
    • chicken nuggets鸡肉块
    • a chicken sandwich鸡肉三明治
    • chicken soup鸡汤
    • chicken stock原汁鸡汤
    see also coronation chickenTopics Fooda1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fresh
    • frozen
    • organic
    • …
    … of chicken
    • piece
    • strip
    verb + chicken
    • eat
    • have
    • cook
    • …
    chicken + noun
    • breast
    • drumsticks
    • giblets
    • …
    phrases
    • (a) breast of chicken
    • (a) leg of chicken
    See full entry
  3. [countable] a person who is not brave or is afraid to do something胆怯；懦弱；怯懦
    • He called me a chicken because I wouldn't swim in the river.他叫我胆小鬼，因为我不愿意到河里游泳。
    4. Word OriginOld English cīcen, cȳcen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kieken and German Küchlein, and probably also to cock.
Idioms
a chicken-and-egg situation, problem, etc.
  1. a situation in which it is difficult to tell which one of two things was the cause of the other鸡与蛋孰先难定的情况；因果难定的问题
something comes home to roost
(also the chickens come home to roost)
  1. used to say that if somebody says or does something bad or wrong, it will affect them badly in the future自食恶果；报应到自己身上
don’t count your chickens (before they are hatched)
  1. (saying) you should not be too confident that something will be successful, because something may still go wrong不要蛋未孵化先数小鸡；别过早打如意算盘Topics Successc2
play chicken
  1. to play a game in which people do something dangerous for as long as they can to show how brave they are. The person who stops first has lost the game.比试胆量
    • The children had been playing chicken by running across the railway line.孩子们穿过铁路线一直在玩鸡。
    Topics Games and toysc2
run around like a headless chicken
  1. to be very busy and active trying to do something, but not very organized, with the result that you do not succeed茫无头绪地瞎忙一通Topics Difficulty and failurec2

chicken

verb
/ˈtʃɪkɪn/
/ˈtʃɪkɪn/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they chicken
/ˈtʃɪkɪn/
/ˈtʃɪkɪn/
he / she / it chickens
/ˈtʃɪkɪnz/
/ˈtʃɪkɪnz/
past simple chickened
/ˈtʃɪkɪnd/
/ˈtʃɪkɪnd/
past participle chickened
/ˈtʃɪkɪnd/
/ˈtʃɪkɪnd/
-ing form chickening
/ˈtʃɪkɪnɪŋ/
/ˈtʃɪkɪnɪŋ/
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chicken

adjective
/ˈtʃɪkɪn/
/ˈtʃɪkɪn/
 [not before noun] (informal)
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  1. not brave; afraid to do something 胆怯；懦弱；怯懦synonym cowardlyTopics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word OriginOld English cīcen, cȳcen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kieken and German Küchlein, and probably also to cock.
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chickenchickenD.J.:[ˈtʃikin]K.K.:[ˈtʃɪkən]n.1.■鸡2.■鸡肉
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chicken noun | verb | adjective
 1 
chick·en / 5tFIkIn ; 5tFIkEn /noun
1. Ca common farm bird that is kept for its meat and eggs鸡;
⇒hen, cock, rooster, chick
2. Uthe meat from this bird eaten as food鸡肉:
•roast chicken烤鸡
•fried chicken炸鸡
•chicken soup鸡汤
3. Cinformalsomeone who is not at all brave胆小鬼，懦夫;SYNcoward
•Don't be such a chicken!别那么胆小！
4. Ua game in which children do something dangerous, for example stand on a railway line when a train is coming, and try to be the one who continues doing it for the longest time〔儿童玩的〕比试胆量的游戏
5. which came first, the chicken or the egg? used to say that it is difficult or impossible to decide which of two things happened first, or which action is the cause and which is the effect先有鸡还是先有蛋？〔用于表示先后或因果难以区分〕
6. a chicken and egg situation / problem etc a situation in which it is impossible to decide which of two things happened first, or which action is the cause and which is the effect先有鸡还是先有蛋的状况/问题等
7. sb's chickens have come home to roost used to say that someone's bad or dishonest actions in the past have caused the problems that they have now某人开始遭报应了
⇒don't count your chickens (before they're hatched) at COUNT¹ (8)
⇒SPRING CHICKEN
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chickenverb
 PHRASAL VERBS 
chicken out
informalto decide at the last moment not to do something you said you would do, because you are afraid〔因害怕而〕临阵退缩:
•You're not chickening out, are you?你不会临阵脱逃吧？
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chickenadjective not before nouninformal
1. not brave enough to do something没勇气的，胆小的;SYNcowardly
•Dave's too chicken to ask her out.戴夫胆子太小，不敢约她出去。
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chicken
1 chicken /ˈtʃɪkn̩/ noun
plural chickens
1 chicken
/ˈtʃɪkn̩/
noun
plural chickens
Learner's definition of CHICKEN
1 
a  [count] : a bird that is raised by people for its eggs and meat鸡
b  [noncount] : the meat of the chicken used as food鸡肉
— often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
2 
[count] informal : a person who is afraid : coward懦夫；胆小鬼

count your chickens

◊ If you count your chickens or (US) count your chickens before they hatch or (Brit) before they're hatched, you believe that something you want to happen will definitely happen before you know for certain that it really will.蛋未孵，先数鸡；高兴过早了

your chickens come home to roost

— see 2roost
— see also spring chicken
2 chicken /ˈtʃɪkn̩/ adjective
2 chicken
/ˈtʃɪkn̩/
adjective
Learner's definition of CHICKEN
not used before a noun [more chicken; most chicken] informal
: too afraid to do something胆怯；懦弱；怯弱
3 chicken /ˈtʃɪkn̩/ verb
chickens; chickened; chickening
3 chicken
/ˈtʃɪkn̩/
verb
chickens; chickened; chickening
Learner's definition of CHICKEN

chicken out

[phrasal verb] informal
: to decide not to do something because you are afraid因害怕而放弃
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chicken n 小鸡 (chick 小鸡)
-en
(1) 表动词，“变成”
shorten v 缩短 (short 短)
darken v 变黑 (dark 黑)
sharpen v 削尖 (sharp 尖)
straiten v 使狭窄 (strait 海峡,困难)
hasten v 促进 (haste 匆忙)
dampen v 使潮湿,使沮丧 (damp 潮湿)
hearten v 鼓励 (heart 心)
broaden v 加宽 (broad 宽)
sweeten v 变甜 (sweet 甜)
(2) 形容词后缀，表“由…制成”,通常加在名词后面
wooden a 木制的 (wood 木头)
woolen a 羊毛制的 (wool 羊毛)
golden a 金 [色] 的 (gold 金子)
waxen a 蜡制的 (wax 蜡)
oaken a 橡木制的 (oak 橡树)
(3) 名词后缀，表“人或物”
warden n 看守人 (ward 守卫,保卫)
vixen n 泼妇 (vix 雌狐)
citizen n 公民 (city 城市)
heathen n 异教徒 (heath 荒野,灌木丛)
maiden n 少女 (maid 少女)
chicken n 小鸡 (chick 小鸡)
kitten n 小猫 (kit=cat 猫)
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