chicken是雞

hen是母雞

cock是公雞

你看到的這三個雞的單詞，如果放在短語句子裡，他們就不是普通的雞。

chicken是雞

1.be no chicken 〈俚語〉不是小孩子了，不年輕了

2.spring chicken 〈美口〉沒有經驗的年輕人，毛孩子

例句：

I'm over forty, so I'm not a spring chicken any more.

我在四十歲了，所以我不是個小孩子了。

3.play chicken 〈美俚〉（為吓倒對方）進行挑戰

Don't play chicken with your job; What a fix you will be in if you become unemployed.

不可糊弄你的工作；如果你失業了，将會多麽困難。

4.chicken out 〈美俚〉因害怕而停止做某事，因膽小而放棄

His mother complains that he makes excuses to chicken out of family occasions such as weddings

5.chicken feed 〈美俚〉微不足道的金額， 與雞有關的習語和俚語

I was making a million a year, but that's chicken feed in the pop business.

我一年能賺上一百萬，不過在流行音樂産業中，這點錢不值一提。

6.chicken switch 緊急按紐，逃生開關

Gary pulled the chicken switch on his neighbour when grease started burning in the kitchen.

當廚房裡的油着火時，加裡驚慌失措地打電話向鄰居求助。

7.chicken head 蠢人，笨蛋

8.chicken-hearted 膽小的，軟弱的

Childish or timid person He is nothing but a chicken-hearted coward.

孩子氣的人膽怯的人他隻是一個膽怯的懦夫。

hen是母雞

1.hen party （俗）婦女聚會

My wife had a hen party at our house yesterday, so I escaped to the movies.

昨天我太太在我們家裡舉行母雞晚會，所以我就溜出去看電影。

2.wet hen （美俚）讨厭的人，潑婦

Mrs Harris was mad as a wet hen when the rabbits ate her tulips.

兔子吃了哈裡斯夫人的郁金香，她氣得發瘋。

3.as mad as wet hen （美口）非常生氣

4.sell one's hens on a rainy day 做虧本生意

5.a hen is on （美口）策劃着陰謀，醞釀着重大事件

6.like a hen with one chicken 大驚小怪，唠唠叨叨，在小事上瞎操心

She never lets her son go out on his own; she's like a hen with only one chicken.

她從來不讓她兒子單獨外出，她總是大驚小怪的。

cock是公雞

1.old cock （舊時表示親昵的稱呼）老兄

Why aren't you in Berlin, old cock?

你怎麼不在柏林了，老朋友？

2.cock of the school 學校裡或運動場上稱雄的學生

3.That cock won't fight 那一手行不通.

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