fowl

英 [faʊl]

美 [faʊl]

n.  家禽; 鸟
v.  捕鸟; 打鸟; 捕野禽

复数：fowls　现在分词：fowling　过去式：fowled　第三人称单数：fowls　过去分词：fowled　

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习惯用语

n.

neither fish nor fowl
• 非驴非马；不伦不类
  neither one thing nor another

牛津词典

noun

• 家禽
  a bird that is kept for its meat and eggs, for example a chicken
  1. fowl such as turkeys and ducks
     诸如火鸡和鸭之类的家禽
• 鸟
  any bird

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 鸟;(尤指)家禽
  Afowlis a bird, especially one that can be eaten as food, such as a duck or a chicken.
  1. Carve the fowl into 8 pieces.
     把这只家禽切成 8 块。
  2. ...ducks and many other animals and fowl.
     鸭子以及许多其他动物和家禽

英英释义

noun

• a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
  Synonym:domestic fowlpoultry
• the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
  Synonym:bird

verb

• hunt fowl in the forest
• hunt fowl

双语例句

• Oval reproductive body of a fowl ( especially a hen) used as food.
  家禽（尤其是母鸡）产的椭圆形的可再生的身体，用作食物。
• Liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned.
  切得精细或磨得很碎的、调了味的肝脏、肉和禽肉。
• This proposal is neither fish nor fowl. I can't tell what you're proposing.
  这个建议不伦不类，我真说不出你在提些什么。
• The geese's flight muscles also have more mitochondria energy-producing structures inside cells than their fellow fowl.
  斑头雁与其它飞禽相比，它们用于飞行的肌肉里有更多的线粒体&这是一种能在细胞内产生能量的结构。
• Chestnuts can be used at Christmas time, as a stuffing for turkey, guinea fowl or chicken.
  栗子可以在圣诞节时作火鸡、珍珠鸡或家鸡的填料。
• No, say the American: our fowl are fine, we simply clean them in a different way.
  不，美国人说，我们的家禽很好，只是我们使用了另一种清洗方式。
• We are specialized in silky fowl and food products.
  我们专门出产真空包装乌骨鸡和一般食品。
• The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds.
  家禽和其他鹑鸡类的鸟头上的红色肉冠。
• Or fowl, which is not chic but chip.
  或者家禽。不时髦但也不贵。
• Having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl.
  羽毛被去除了，例如从皮毛或者家禽上。