N-COUNT 鸡 Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
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。
...free-range chickens. 散养的鸡
Chicken is the flesh of this bird eaten as food. 鸡肉
...roast chicken with wild mushrooms. 野山菌烤鸡
...chicken soup. 鸡汤
N-COUNT 胆小鬼 If someone calls you a chicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something.
I'm scared of the dark. I'm a big chicken. 我怕黑,是个十足的胆小鬼。
Chicken is also an adjective.
Why are you so chicken, Gregory? 格雷戈里,你怎么就这么胆小呢?
PHRASE 高兴得太早;过早地打如意算盘 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.
I don't want to count my chickens before they are hatched. 我不想高兴得太早。
PHRASE 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 a chicken and egg situation, you mean that it is impossible to decide which of two things caused the other one.
It's a chicken 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?
PHRASE 像只没头的苍蝇到处乱窜 If someone is running round like a headless chicken or rushing around like a headless chicken, they are panicking when they should be thinking carefully about what needs to be done.
Instead of running round like a headless chicken 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。