hennoun詞源 1/hɛn/

• 1

  A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.

  • She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.
• 2

  A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.

  • In Tain, north of Inverness, staff detected 11 males and at least seven hens – the highest number there since 2011.
• 3

  A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean.

  • As spawning time approaches – autumn or very early winter in most rivers, though in some late-run streams salmon may spawn as late as January or February – the hen's colouration becomes first a matt-pewter and then a drab dark brown-grey. The cock fish, in contrast, begins to gain some brighter colours.
• 4

  A woman.

  • Hen, a woman. A cock and hen club; a club composed of men and women.
• 5

  informalA woman.

• 6

  informalA hen night.

• 7

  informalAn affectionate term of address used to women or girls.

  • Don't cry, hen. Everything will be all right.
• 8

  The penis of a trans woman.

  • Coordinate term: cock

henverb詞源 1/hɛn/

• 1

  Synonym of mother-hen.

  • Once he had flared up, "If ever a man was henned, it's me!"
  • Mammy henned the black workers into placing the trunks beside the girls.

henadv詞源 2/hɛn/

• 1

  dialectalHence.

henverb詞源 3/hɛn/

• 1

  dialectalTo throw.