chicken是鸡
hen是母鸡
cock是公鸡
你看到的这三个鸡的单词，如果放在短语句子里，他们就不是普通的鸡。
chicken是鸡
1.be no chicken 〈俚语〉不是小孩子了，不年轻了
2.spring chicken 〈美口〉没有经验的年轻人，毛孩子
例句：
I'm over forty, so I'm not a spring chicken any more.
我在四十岁了，所以我不是个小孩子了。
3.play chicken 〈美俚〉（为吓倒对方）进行挑战
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；如果你失业了，将会多麽困难。
4.chicken out 〈美俚〉因害怕而停止做某事，因胆小而放弃
His mother complains that he makes excuses to chicken out of family occasions such as weddings
5.chicken feed 〈美俚〉微不足道的金额， 与鸡有关的习语和俚语
I was making a million a year, but that's chicken feed in the pop business.
我一年能赚上一百万，不过在流行音乐产业中，这点钱不值一提。
6.chicken switch 紧急按纽，逃生开关
Gary pulled the chicken switch on his neighbour when grease started burning in the kitchen.
当厨房里的油着火时，加里惊慌失措地打电话向邻居求助。
7.chicken head 蠢人，笨蛋
8.chicken-hearted 胆小的，软弱的
Childish or timid person He is nothing but a chicken-hearted coward.
孩子气的人胆怯的人他只是一个胆怯的懦夫。
hen是母鸡
1.hen party （俗）妇女聚会
My wife had a hen party at our house yesterday, so I escaped to the movies.
昨天我太太在我们家里举行母鸡晚会，所以我就溜出去看电影。
2.wet hen （美俚）讨厌的人，泼妇
Mrs Harris was mad as a wet hen when the rabbits ate her tulips.
兔子吃了哈里斯夫人的郁金香，她气得发疯。
3.as mad as wet hen （美口）非常生气
4.sell one's hens on a rainy day 做亏本生意
5.a hen is on （美口）策划着阴谋，酝酿着重大事件
6ke a hen with one chicken 大惊小怪，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.
她从来不让她儿子单独外出，她总是大惊小怪的。
cock是公鸡
1.old cock （旧时表示亲昵的称呼）老兄
Why aren't you in Berlin, old cock?
你怎么不在柏林了，老朋友？
2.cock of the school 学校里或运动场上称雄的学生
3.That cock won't fight 那一手行不通.
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