chicken /ˈtʃɪkɪn/ CET4 TEM4 ( chickening, chickened, chickens )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat. 鸡

  例：

  Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs.

  莱昂内尔搭建了一个鸡笼，这样他们就可以养鸡，得到新鲜鸡蛋。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT Chicken is the flesh of this bird eaten as food. 鸡肉

  例：

  ...roast chicken with wild mushrooms.

  …烤鸡肉和野蘑菇。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT If someone calls you a chicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something. 胆小鬼 [非正式]

  例：

  I'm scared of the dark. I'm a big chicken.

  我很怕黑。我是个十足的胆小鬼。

• 4. 

  ADJ Chicken is also an adjective. 胆小的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  Why are you so chicken, Gregory?

  你为什么这么胆小，格雷戈里？

• 5. 

  PHRASE If you say that someone is counting their chickens, you mean that they are assuming that they will be successful or get something, when this is not certain. 蛋尚未孵出就数小鸡; 指望得过早

  例：

  I don't want to count my chickens before they are hatched.

  我不想指望得过早。

• 6. 

  chickens come home to roost →see roost