喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can picture the familiar farm bird — , easily , kept for its eggs and meat. Everything else grows from that one bird: the meat on the plate, and the way a , easily-frightened bird becomes a picture of .

可以想成農場裡那隻常見的雞——容易受驚、一點動靜就慌，被人養著生蛋、也供人吃肉。chicken 其他用法都是從這隻鳥…更多收起可以想成農場裡那隻常見的雞——容易受驚、一點動靜就慌，被人養著生蛋、也供人吃肉。chicken 其他用法都是從這隻鳥長出來的：盤子裡的雞肉，還有「膽小易驚的鳥」如何變成「膽小」的代名詞。

From the picture

膽小（雞的怕事形象）

雞一有風吹草動就驚慌亂竄，這個怕事的形象被借來形容人——於是 chicken 從一隻鳥變成「膽小」的標籤，名詞、形容詞、連帶的遊戲都從這裡來。

a coward · noun · A2

Someone who is not brave and is easily frightened.

膽小鬼

雞與蛋的固定說法

這一組都是拿「雞」和牠的蛋當素材的固定俗語：雞會生蛋、蛋又孵雞，這個循環和雞群的畫面被借去講「分不清先後」「自食其果」等情境。

which came first, the chicken or the egg? · noun · B1

In the question 'which came first, the chicken or the egg?', used when you can't tell which of two things started the other.

先有雞還是先有蛋

Also in this word

farm bird · noun · A2

A common farm bird kept by people for its eggs and its meat.

雞

chicken meat · noun · A2

Meat from a chicken, eaten as food.

雞肉

原始詞典資料15 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Chickenname

  • 1

    A census-designated place in Alaska.

chickennoun詞源 1/ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn/

  • 1

    A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus).

    • backyard chickens
    • barnyard chickens
  • 2

    The meat from this bird eaten as food.

    • boneless chicken
    • tastes like chicken
  • 3

    obsoleteThe young of any bird; a chick.

    • There they are – four ugly little chickens, a bit more than half-feathered, and all gaping mouths and bare bellies.
  • 4

    derogatoryslangA coward.

    • 'Why, what a chicken you are! You are not afraid of being robbed; are you?' said Jonas.
    • Then he had an inspiration. "There is Roxton," said he. "He's not a chicken, but he is a useful man in a row. I think I could get him."
  • 5

    derogatoryslangA young or inexperienced person.

    • Purſue your trade of ſcandal-picking, Your hints, that Stella is no chicken: Your innuendos, when you tell us, That Stella loves to talk with fellows; […]
    • "This case will make a stir, sir," he remarked. "It beats anything I have seen, and I am no chicken."
  • 6

    A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.

    • Europe's Favorite Gay Newspaper has something for you! Handsome studs, Tender Chicken, and lots of Male Nudes!
    • I am a little white chicken, beautiful as sweet and young as beautiful and soft as young and gay as soft and innocent as gay. I dare you to write.
  • 7

    The game of dare.

  • 8

    The game of dare.

    • Don't play chicken with a freight train; you're guaranteed to lose.
    • The Mini surged forward too. The cars were hurtling towards each other across the pitch. This was a dangerous game of chicken. Who would crumble first?
另外 3 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.

  • 10

    slangA kilogram of cocaine.

    • Up early in the morning trappin' (Trap-trap) You can get 'em how you askin' (Ask) How many chickens? You can get 'em whichever way Nigga, trap turned Zaxby's (Zax)
  • 11

    obsoleteA small pewter pot used in a tavern.

chickenadj詞源 1/ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn/

  • 1

    derogatoryinformalCowardly.

    • Why do you refuse to fight? Huh, I guess you're just too chicken.

chickenverb詞源 2/ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn/

  • 1

    To avoid a situation one is afraid of.

    • For the umpteenth time, I chickened.
    • ABE: What are you chucking it for, then? You're running, aren't you? Running, cos you chickened. SLIM: All right, so I chickened.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。