名詞〈非正式〉膽小鬼；【動】雞；【食】雞肉；涉世未深的年輕人形容詞〈非正式〉膽怯的網(wǎng)絡(luò)小雞；雛雞；雞肉類
形容詞
1. They thought I was chicken when I refused to go with them.
當(dāng)我拒絕跟他們走時(shí)，他們以為我膽怯了。
不及物動詞
1. I wanted to tell the director what I thought, but I chickened out at the last minute.
我本想把自己的想法告訴董事，但最后還是沒敢說。
名詞
1. A young chicken is called a chick.
小雞又叫作雞娃兒。
2. This chicken is tender.
這雞肉很嫩。
A Lady orders Lunch-(一位女士點(diǎn)午餐的菜)
A：Can I help you, ma'ma?
夫人，我能為您效勞嗎？
chicken
B：Yes, what's that over there on the other side of the mashed potatoes?
嗯，在土豆那一邊的是什么菜？
A：That's chicken a la king.
那是青椒蘑菇奶油雞。
B：I'm tempted. but I'd better not.
我很想吃這菜，但是我最好還是別吃。
A：Maybe you'd like the macaroni and cheese.
也許你想要通心粉和乳酪。
B：No, that's too rich. Just let me have a tossed salad, dark toast, and tea.
不，那太油膩了。就給我來點(diǎn)兒生拌色拉、烤得焦點(diǎn)的土司和茶。
A：Do you want Roquefort, or French, or thousand Island dressing?
你要羅克弗特牌，法式還是千島牌調(diào)料？
B：French dressing, please.
請給我法式調(diào)料。
A：That'll be two eighty-five altogether.
總共兩元八角五分。
在咖啡館
A：Good afternoon.
下午好。
B：I'm Tom, Zhang. We made a reservation for tea this afternoon.
我是湯姆。張，我們已預(yù)定好今天下午用茶點(diǎn)。
A：Yes, sir. This way, please. Here's your table. Is this all right?
是的先生。請這兒走。這就是你們的桌子，您感覺還可以嗎？
B：Yes, it's nice, indeed. Thank you.
好極了！謝謝你。
A：I'm so glad you like it. What would you like? We serve coffee and tea, sandwiches, cakes and cold drinks.Please look under the plate-glass at the menu for afternoon tea.
您滿意我很高興。您想要點(diǎn)什么？我們供應(yīng)咖啡、茶、三明治、蛋糕和冷飲。請看玻璃下面的茶點(diǎn)單。
B：What would you like, Mike?
你想吃點(diǎn)什么，邁克？
C：I'll try a chicken salad sandwich and have a cup of coffee with cream.
我想嘗嘗雞肉色拉三明治，并要一杯奶咖啡。
A：How about you, Mr. Zhang?
那么您呢，張先生？
B：I will have black tea with lemon and sugar and a piece of Swiss roll.
我要檸檬紅茶加糖和一個(gè)面包卷。
A：Anything else?
還要什么嗎？
B：What's your specialty today?
你們今天有什么特色食品？
A：We have strawberries with cream today. I suggest you try them.
我們今天供應(yīng)鮮奶油草莓，我建議你們可以試一試。
B：Good, I will.
好的，我想嘗一嘗。
點(diǎn)菜
A：May I take your order now?
你們可以點(diǎn)菜了嗎？
B：Yes, I think we’re ready to order. Elizabeth, what would you like to have?
行，我想我們可以點(diǎn)菜了。伊麗莎白，你想來點(diǎn)什么？
C：I haven’t made up my mind yet. You order first, Donald.
我還沒決定呢。唐納德，你先點(diǎn)吧。
B：All right. I’ll start with chicken soup. Then I want a steak, medium rare. I’ll have a baked potato, green beans and an egg salad. I’ll order dessert later.
好的。我先來個(gè)雞湯，然后要一份牛排，嫩一點(diǎn)。要一份烤土豆片，青豆和一份雞蛋色拉。待會兒我再要點(diǎn)甜食。
A：Yes, sir. And you, miss? What would you like to have?
好的，先生。你呢，小姐？你想吃點(diǎn)什么？
C：I can’t decide. I don’t see anything I really like.
我拿不定主意。我沒看到什么我真喜歡的菜。
A：There are over thirty dishes to select from, miss.
小姐，這兒有三十多種菜供您選擇呢。
B：There ought to be something you like, Elizabeth.
伊麗莎白，這兒一定有你喜歡的。
C：Well, I guess so. But I only see food that I don’t like. I don’t care for chicken and I can’t stand fish. Do you have any oysters?
大概有吧。可我看到的盡是些我不喜歡的菜。我不喜歡吃雞肉，魚也不合我的口味。有牡蠣嗎？
A：No, miss. I’m afraid not. How about some other seafood?
沒有，小姐?？峙聸]有。別的海鮮怎么樣？
C：Oysters are the only seafood I like. I dislike the rest.
海鮮中我只喜歡牡蠣，其它的都不喜歡。
B：I wish I could think of something for you.
真希望我能為你想出什么菜來。
A：May I suggest cream of tomato soup, steak with mushroom gravy, asparagus, and buttered cauliflower. For dessert—strawberry pie with ice cream?
我給您推薦幾個(gè)菜吧：奶油西紅柿湯，蘑菇汁牛排，蘆筍，黃油黃牙菜。至于甜食，冰激凌草莓餡餅?zāi)丛趺礃樱?/p>
C：No, that isn’t my ideal of a good meal. I’ll have a hamburger. That’s my favorite dish. I have it every day.
不行。那不是我理想的一頓美餐。我來一個(gè)漢堡包。我最喜歡吃漢堡包，每天都吃。
1. 雞肉：全肉(例如雞肉,牛肉等等)擁有很多水分,如果狗食的標(biāo)示是以雞肉(chicken)而非雞肉粉(chicken meal)的話,而且在成份標(biāo)示的前七或八名沒有其他的動物性蛋白質(zhì),那麼這個(gè)狗食實(shí)際上並沒有包含大量的動物性蛋白質(zhì).
1. 雞
Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
e.g. Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs.
萊昂內(nèi)爾做了個(gè)雞籠，打算養(yǎng)些雞，吃上新鮮雞蛋。
e.g. ...free-range chickens.
散養(yǎng)的雞
2. 膽小鬼
If someone calls you a chicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something.
e.g. I'm scared of the dark. I'm a big chicken.
我怕黑，是個(gè)十足的膽小鬼。
3. 高興得太早;過早地打如意算盤
If you say that someone is counting their chickens, you mean that they are assuming that they will be successful or get something, when this is not certain.
e.g. I don't want to count my chickens before they are hatched.
我不想高興得太早。
4. 雞和蛋的問題(指很難決定孰先孰后、孰因孰果的情境)
If you describe a situation as a chicken and egg situation, you mean that it is impossible to decide which of two things caused the other one.
chicken
e.g. It's a chicken and egg situation. Does the deficiency lead to the eczema or has the eczema led to certain deficiencies?
這是個(gè)雞和蛋的問題。是因?yàn)闋I養(yǎng)缺乏導(dǎo)致濕疹呢，還是濕疹導(dǎo)致了某些營養(yǎng)缺乏？
5. 像只沒頭的蒼蠅到處亂竄
If someone is running round like a headless chicken or rushing around like a headless chicken, they are panicking when they should be thinking carefully about what needs to be done.
e.g. Instead of running round like a headless chicken use your efforts in a more productive way.
別像只沒頭蒼蠅東一頭西一頭的，力氣要用對地方。
6. chickens come home to roost -> see roost
相關(guān)詞組：chicken out