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 has flown away and the eggs in the coop are broken.
  鸡飞蛋打。
• 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？
• The hen crackles when she has laid an egg.
  母鸡下了蛋就咯咯地叫。
• The hen laid twenty eggs last month.
  上个月，这只母鸡下了二十个鸡蛋。
• 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。
• The hen is sitting.
  母鸡抱窝了。
• 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。
• A hen hatches chickens.
  母鸡孵化小鸡。
• The hen pecks all day.
  母鸡整天啄来啄去。