fowl

英 [faʊl]

美 [faʊl]

n.  家禽; 鸟
v.  捕鸟; 打鸟; 捕野禽

复数：fowls　现在分词：fowling　过去式：fowled　第三人称单数：fowls　过去分词：fowled　

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习惯用语

n.

neither fish nor fowl
• 非驴非马；不伦不类
  neither one thing nor another

牛津词典

noun

• 家禽
  a bird that is kept for its meat and eggs, for example a chicken
  1. fowl such as turkeys and ducks
     诸如火鸡和鸭之类的家禽
• 鸟
  any bird

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 鸟;(尤指)家禽
  Afowlis a bird, especially one that can be eaten as food, such as a duck or a chicken.
  1. Carve the fowl into 8 pieces.
     把这只家禽切成 8 块。
  2. ...ducks and many other animals and fowl.
     鸭子以及许多其他动物和家禽

英英释义

noun

• a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
  Synonym:domestic fowlpoultry
• the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
  Synonym:bird

verb

• hunt fowl in the forest
• hunt fowl

双语例句

• The study on the digestive rates of dietary amino acids in silky fowl;
  研究了日粮中添加花粉对黑羽乌骨鸡生长发育的影响。
• Flesh of a guinea fowl ( especially of hens).
  几内亚家禽（特别是母鸡）的肉。
• The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds.
  家禽和其他鹑鸡类的鸟头上的红色肉冠。
• Pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets.
  有刺激性味道的叶子，可作为肉、禽肉、炖菜、汤和煎蛋卷的调味品。
• Flesh of a small fowl bred for roasting.
  为烘烤而饲养的小型家禽的肉。
• No, say the American: our fowl are fine, we simply clean them in a different way.
  不，美国人说，我们的家禽很好，只是我们使用了另一种清洗方式。
• Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs.
  羽毛厚密并且腿上有毛的亚洲种大型鸡。
• This proposal is neither fish nor fowl. I can't tell what you're proposing.
  这个建议不伦不类，我真说不出你在提些什么。
• He wrenched the fowl's head off.
  他拧下了鸟头。
• Oval reproductive body of a fowl ( especially a hen) used as food.
  家禽（尤其是母鸡）产的椭圆形的可再生的身体，用作食物。