Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense chickens, present participle chickening, past tense, past participle chickened
1N-COUNT 雞Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat. 雞
Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs.
萊昂内爾做了個雞籠,打算養些雞,吃上新鮮雞蛋。
...free-range chickens.
散養的雞
Chicken is the flesh of this bird eaten as food.雞肉
...roast chicken with wild mushrooms.
野山菌烤雞
...chicken soup.
雞湯
2N-COUNT 膽小鬼 If someone calls you a chicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something. 膽小鬼 [informal, disapproval]
I'm scared of the dark. I'm a big chicken.
我怕黑,是個十足的膽小鬼。
Chicken is also an adjective.
Why are you so chicken, Gregory?
格雷戈裏,你怎麽就這麽膽小呢?
3PHRASE 高興得太早;過早地打如意算盤 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. 高興得太早;過早地打如意算盤
I don't want to count my chickens before they are hatched.
我不想高興得太早。
4PHRASE 雞和蛋的問題(指很難決定孰先孰後、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. 雞和蛋的問題(指很難決定孰先孰後、孰因孰果的情境)
It's a chicken and egg situation. Does the deficiency lead to the eczema or has the eczema led to certain deficiencies?
這是個雞和蛋的問題。是因爲營養缺乏導致濕疹呢,還是濕疹導致了某些營養缺乏?
5PHRASE [VERB and NOUN inflect]像只沒頭的蒼蠅到處亂竄 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. 像只沒頭的蒼蠅到處亂竄 [mainly British]
Instead of running round like a headless chicken use your efforts in a more productive way.