chicken/'tʃɪkɪn/

n.

➊ a type of bird kept on a farm for its eggs or its meat

➋ the meat of the chicken used as food

n.

➊ [C] 鸡：My mother keeps chickens in the back yard. 我妈妈在后院里养鸡。

➋ [U] 鸡肉：We had chicken for dinner. 我们晚餐吃了鸡肉。

◇roast chicken 烤鸡

◇chicken soup 鸡汤

用法chicken多指“鸡”，也可指“小鸡”，与chick同义。

谚语Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. 小鸡孵出前，先别忙点数。（即：不要过早乐观。）