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A pheasant is a fairly large wild bird with a long tail. The male is the one people picture: bright feathers and a sharp call. The female is plainer and brown, easier to miss in grass.
A pheasantpheasant（雉雞） is a fairly large wild bird是一種體型相當大的野鳥 with a long tail有長長的尾巴 The male公鳥 is the one people picture是大家腦中會浮現的畫面 bright feathers and a sharp call鮮豔的羽毛，叫聲響亮 The female母鳥 is plainer and brown比較樸素，是褐色的 easier to miss in grass在草叢裡比較不容易被看到
In Britain and in many other places people keep or hunt pheasants, and the same word can mean the meat on the plate. You meet it in countryside talk, shooting talk, and on menus more than in city chat.
In Britain and in many other places在英國和很多其他地方 people keep or hunt pheasants大家會養或獵pheasant and the same word can mean the meat on the plate而同一個字也可以指盤子裡的肉 You meet it你會碰到這個字 in countryside talk, shooting talk, and on menus在鄉村話題、打獵話題，和菜單上 more than in city chat比在城市的閒聊裡更常見
People sometimes use it loosely for any long-tailed colourful bird; though actually several different birds get that label in casual speech. In Taiwan the bird you are most likely thinking of is a kind of pheasant too.
People sometimes use it loosely有些人會不太精確地用這個字 for any long-tailed colourful bird來指任何長尾巴、色彩鮮豔的鳥 though actually不過其實 several different birds get that label in casual speech好幾種不同的鳥在口語裡都會被貼上這個標籤 In Taiwan在台灣 the bird you are most likely thinking of你最可能想到的那種鳥 is a kind of pheasant too也是一種pheasant
組成From Middle English fesaunt, from Old French fesan, from Latin phasianus, from Ancient Greek phasianós, “bird of the river Phasis,” from where people supposed the bird spread west. It replaced an old English name related to moorhen.
原始詞典資料2 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。
pheasantnoun/ˈfɛzənt/
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A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.
- The ſpring diſplaying her elegant taſte, the proud walk of the gold-feathered pheaſant, the light tread of the ſmall-hoofed hind, and the dancing of the ſtar-trained peacock, infuſed joy into the ſoul of the ſpectator of the aſtoniſhing works of the Creator.
- Or sometimes, passing too near a sequestered copse, the shy tenants were startled, and the superb plumage of the pheasant dashed aside the branches, and the stately bird soared up on rattling wing.
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The meat of this bird, eaten as food.
- Tables were laid with cold pheasant, watercressy finger foods, sweets sufficient to give the Greater Raleigh Area sugar shock.
- Célestin Lainé sat on the edge of the bed, a tray on his lap, eating pheasant and roast vegetables with a red wine reduction.
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。