Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense chickens, present participle chickening, past tense, past participle chickened
1N-COUNT 鸡Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat. 鸡
Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs.
莱昂内尔做了个鸡笼,打算养些鸡,吃上新鲜鸡蛋。
...free-range chickens.
散养的鸡
Chicken is the flesh of this bird eaten as food.鸡肉
...roast chicken with wild mushrooms.
野山菌烤鸡
...chicken soup.
鸡汤
2N-COUNT 胆小鬼 If someone calls you a chicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something. 胆小鬼 [informal, disapproval]
I'm scared of the dark. I'm a big chicken.
我怕黑,是个十足的胆小鬼。
Chicken is also an adjective.
Why are you so chicken, Gregory?
格雷戈里,你怎么就这么胆小呢?
3PHRASE 高兴得太早;过早地打如意算盘 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. 高兴得太早;过早地打如意算盘
I don't want to count my chickens before they are hatched.
我不想高兴得太早。
4PHRASE 鸡和蛋的问题(指很难决定孰先孰后、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. 鸡和蛋的问题(指很难决定孰先孰后、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?
这是个鸡和蛋的问题。是因为营养缺乏导致湿疹呢,还是湿疹导致了某些营养缺乏?
5PHRASE [VERB and NOUN inflect]像只没头的苍蝇到处乱窜 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. 像只没头的苍蝇到处乱窜 [mainly British]
Instead of running round like a headless chicken use your efforts in a more productive way.