火雞（鳥與肉）
核心的那隻鳥，以及由牠轉指的肉——從整隻活鳥移到盤子裡吃的那塊肉，是很自然的以物代物。
turkey (bird) · noun · B1
A large bird, a bit like a big chicken, that people often eat at Christmas or Thanksgiving.
火雞
核心畫面
Picture a big, , rather bird — the heavy centerpiece bird of the holiday table.
可以想成一隻又大又肥、動作有點笨拙的農場大鳥——節慶餐桌上那隻份量十足的主角。
Three branches
爛作品（俚語）
美式俚語把笨重、不討喜的火雞，拿來比喻一部慘敗、令人失望的作品。
a flop (film/show) · noun · B1
A film or show that fails badly and disappoints people.
爛片／失敗之作
talk turkey 認真談
固定片語 talk turkey：拋開場面話，實實在在地談真正的細節，尤其在談生意時。
talk turkey · noun · B1
To talk in a serious, honest way about the real details, especially in business (used as 'talk turkey').
談正事／認真談
原始詞典資料18 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。
Turkeyname/ˈtɜːki/
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A country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia. Official name: Republic of Türkiye. Capital: Ankara.
- One Terrorgram user livestreamed himself stabbing five people outside of a mosque in Turkey, she said, and a 19-year-old Slovakian man praised the group in a manifesto before killing two people at an LGBTQ bar in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.
- This isn’t the first time she has hidden a weight-loss management attempt from her husband. “I went to Turkey and had a gastric balloon, and I didn’t tell anyone, not even him,” she says.
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historicalSynonym of Ottoman Empire, a former empire in Europe, Asia, Africa. Capital: Istanbul.
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A city in Hall County, Texas, United States.
Turkeynoun/ˈtɜːki/
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Synonym of Turkey red (“a vibrant red dye or its color”).
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obsoleteSynonym of Turkey blue (“a deep indigo dye or its color”).
Turkeyadj/ˈtɜːki/
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Synonym of Turkey red (“dyed or colored Turkey red”).
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obsoleteSynonym of Turkey blue (“dyed or colored Turkey blue”).
turkeynoun/ˈtɜːki/
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obsoleteThe guinea fowl (family Numididae).
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A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.
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A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.
- It was a Turkey! He never could have stood upon his legs, that bird. He would have snapped 'em short off in a minute, like sticks of sealing-wax.
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The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.
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With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
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bowlinghobbieslifestyleAn act of throwing three strikes in a row.
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derogatoryslangmedicinesciencesA patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.
- Mumford (1970) noted that the terms ‘crock’, ‘gomer’, and ‘turkey’, were sometimes utilized by interns to designate different types of undesirable patients, and sometimes used synonymously.
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datedslangA pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle; also, a large travel bag, a suitcase.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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slangA failure.
- That film was a turkey.
- And despite the gross incompetence of Hemmings' direction, the ludicrous script, and the heavy-handed acting, there remains a stellar reason to see and enjoy Just a Gigolo: David Bowie. David Bowie is a great actor, and not even this turkey can obscure that fact.
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derogatoryslangA foolish or inept person.
- The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him.
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derogatoryslangA prostitute.
- Shorty think she slick, but everybody know she a turkey.
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。