chicken的意思是：n.鸡；鸡肉；胆小者；adj.懦弱的；胆小的；vi.失去勇气。chicken的详尽释义是n.(名词)鸡肉小鸡，鸡家禽，幼禽，松鸡胆小鬼，懦夫，胆量的比试（涉世未深的）青年人，年轻女子，小妞儿军队中鸡毛蒜皮的规定，陋规男妓，搞同性性关系的青年男子。chicken过去式:chickened；过去分词:chickened；现在分词:chickening；第三人称单数:chickens。
一、详尽释义点此查看chicken的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、词典解释
1.鸡
Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
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e.g. Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs.
莱昂内尔做了个鸡笼，打算养些鸡，吃上新鲜鸡蛋。
e.g. ...free-range chickens.
散养的鸡
2.胆小鬼
If someone calls you achicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something.
chicken什么意思
e.g. I'm scared of the dark. I'm a bigchicken.
我怕黑，是个十足的胆小鬼。
3.高兴得太早;过早地打如意算盘
If you say that someoneis counting theirchickens, you mean that they are assuming that they will be successful or get something, when this is not certain.
e.g. I don't want to count my chickens before they are hatched.
我不想高兴得太早。
4.鸡和蛋的问题(指很难决定孰先孰后、孰因孰果的情境)
If you describe a situation as achicken and egg situation, you mean that it is impossible to decide which of two things caused the other one.
e.g. It's achicken and egg situation. Does the deficiency lead to the eczema or has the eczema led to certain deficiencies?
这是个鸡和蛋的问题。是因为营养缺乏导致湿疹呢，还是湿疹导致了某些营养缺乏？
5.像只没头的苍蝇到处乱窜
If someone isrunning round like a headless chicken orrushing around like a headless chicken, they are panicking when they should be thinking carefully about what needs to be done.
e.g. Instead of running round like a headlesschicken use your efforts in a more productive way.
别像只没头苍蝇东一头西一头的，力气要用对地方。
6. chickens come home to roost -> see roost
相关词组：chicken out
四、例句
He has a chicken farm.
他有一个养鸡场。
He is mending the wire mesh in front of the chicken coop.
他正在鸡笼前面修理铁丝网。
This soup tastes of chicken.
这汤里有鸡肉的味道。
There was fried chicken for dinner.
有炸鸡肉作晚餐。
Don't be a chicken.
不要害怕。
I was terrified, but I didn't want the others to think I was chicken.
我很害怕,但是我不想其他人认为我很怯懦。
They thought I was chicken when I refused to go with them.
当我拒绝跟他们走时,他们以为我胆怯了。
The boy chickened out of climbing up the tree.
男孩胆怯了,不敢爬上这棵树。
I wanted to tell the boss what I thought, but I chickened out at the last minute.
我本想把自己的想法告诉老板,但最后还是没敢说。
五、常用短语
六、词汇搭配
七、常见错误
误 The chicken laid an egg.
正 The hen laid an egg.
析 能下蛋的是成熟的母鸡,应该用hen; chicken是指小鸡,尚不到成熟期。
chicken的相关近义词
cowardly、lily-livered、yellow、frightened、scared、reluctant、fearful、apprehensive、jumpy、craven、meat、afraid、coward、quitter、weakling、deserter、runaway、scaredy-cat、volaille、wimp、crybaby、Gallus gallus、white-livered、chickenhearted、yellow-bellied
chicken的相关临近词
chico、chick、chickeny、chicken Bu、chickenpox、chicken pot、chicken fat、chicken out、chickenpest、chicken run、chickenshit、chicken pox