2MEAT[uncountableU]DFF the meat from this bird eaten as food 鸡肉
roast chicken
烤鸡
fried chicken
炸鸡
chicken soup
鸡汤
3somebody WHO IS NOT BRAVE[countableC] informalBRAVE someone who is not at all brave 胆小鬼,懦夫SYN coward
Don’t be such a chicken!
别那么胆小!
4.GAME[uncountableU]DGO a game in which children do something dangerous, for example stand on a railway line when a train is coming, and try to be the one who continues doing it for the longest time 〔儿童玩的〕比试胆量的游戏
5.which came first, the chicken or the egg?the chicken or the egg? which came firstNOT KNOWused to say that it is difficult or impossible to decide which of two things happened first, or which action is the cause and which is the effect 先有鸡,还是先有蛋?〔用于表示先后或因果难以区分〕
6.a chicken and egg situation/problem etcEFFECT/INFLUENCEa situation in which it is impossible to decide which of two things happened first, or which action is the cause and which is the effect 先有鸡还是先有蛋[因果难定]的状况/问题等
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a chicken and egg situation/problem etc• It's a chicken and egg situation really.
7.somebody’s chickens have come home to roostPROBLEMused to say that someone’s bad or dishonestactions in the past have caused the problems that they have now 某人开始遭报应了,恶有恶报,自作自受
nCOLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: the meat from this bird eaten as food
adjectives
fresh (=recently killed and not frozen)
Is the chicken fresh?
frozen
We never buy cheap frozen chicken.
free-range (=from a chicken that moved around outside and ate naturally)
All the chicken we serve is free-range.
roast chicken (=cooked in an oven)
For dinner we're having roast chicken.
fried chicken (=cooked in oil)
They filled their plates with fried chicken.
skinless chicken (=with the skin removed)
For this recipe, you will need a two pounds of skinless chicken.
chicken + NOUN
chicken breast/thigh/wing
Chop the chicken breast into pieces.
a chicken piece (=a chicken breast, leg, thigh or wing)
You will need two chicken pieces per person.
chicken drumsticks (=the lower part of chicken legs)
party food, such as sandwiches and chicken drumsticks
a chicken sandwich/salad/pie etc
I'll make a chicken pie with the leftovers.
verbs
stuff a chicken (=fill a chicken with a mixture of onion, lemon, herbs etc)
carve a chicken (=cut up a whole chicken that has been cooked)
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chicken• I'm such a chicken when it comes to skiing.• Oh, and Marge will bake you a chickenpie.• But captain Alan Lee is not counting any chickens.• But foxes in chicken runs get shot, and now the Israelites get the plague.• We raise our own chickens.• A hen or stewingchicken or fowl is a maturefemalechicken, more than ten months old.• Boy, that chickensmells good.• Put the chicken into the marinade and leave for at least 1 hour.• Make the filling: Season the chicken well with salt and pepper.
chicken2 verb
1chicken outphrasal verbphr v informalto decide at the last moment not to do something you said you would do, because you are afraid 〔因害怕而〕临阵退缩
You’re not chickening out, are you?
你不会临阵退缩吧?
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chicken• We didn't make Abisko, chickening out as the weatherworsened and the forecasts began to sound even more dire.• If she waited for too long, she would simply chicken out.
chicken3adjectiveadj [not before noun] informal
1BRAVEnot brave enough to do something 没勇气的,胆小的SYN cowardly
Dave’s too chicken to ask her out.
戴夫胆子太小,不敢约她出去。
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chicken• I even thought Shaker was chicken.• The menu is heavy on meat and potatoes, with just a few token turkey, chicken and fish entrees.