hen

英 [hen]

美 [hen]

n.  母鸡; 雌禽

复数：hens　

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Collins.2 / BNC.6080 / COCA.7934

牛津词典

noun

• 母鸡
  a female chicken, often kept for its eggs or meat
  1. a small flock of laying hens
     一小群下蛋的母鸡
  2. battery hens
     层架式鸡笼饲养的母鸡
• 雌禽
  any female bird
  1. a hen pheasant
     雌雉

柯林斯词典

• 母鸡
  Ahenis a female chicken. People often keep hens in order to eat them or sell their eggs.
• N-COUNT 雌禽
  The female of any bird can be referred to as ahen.
  1. ...ostrich hens.
     雌性鸵鸟

英英释义

noun

• female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster
• adult female bird
• adult female chicken
  Synonym:biddy
• flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing

双语例句

• The hen brought off a brood of young.
  母鸡孵出了一窝小鸡。
• I offered shelter, now you stealing our hen?
  我提供避难所，现在你偷了我们的母鸡？
• I have a lovely hen.
  我有一只可爱的母鸡。
• The boy has got a hen sparrow.
  那男孩抓到一只雌麻雀。
• I have a cow, a dog, a goat, a duck and a hen.
  有一头奶牛，一只狗，一只山羊，一只鸭子和一只母鸡。
• This allows the pair to mate properly and stops the hen staying in the nest-box
  这样可以使这对公鸡和母鸡正常交配，让母鸡不再呆在鸡窝里。
• The weasel goes to pay his respects to the hen--not with the best of intentions.; A weasel giving new year's greetings to a hen has ulterior motives.
  黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。
• A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
  母鸡只是一个鸡蛋制造另一个鸡蛋的方式。
• That hen has moulted.
  那只母鸡秃噜了。
• The hen broods twelve eggs this time.
  这次那只母鸡孵十二个蛋。