| 单词 | chicken bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschicken bird chicken bird n. (a) a chicken (sense 1a); (b) (chiefly U.S. and New Zealand) any of various wild birds that resemble chickens in some way (cf. sense 3). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > member of (fowl) > young or chicken chickenOE chicka1398 poulta1425 chicken birdc1450 peepera1586 peepling1594 game chicken1674 peep1688 spring chicken1765 clucker1779 chickabiddy1785 chicklet1836 chickie1851 wing-chick1885 pee-pee1890 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 4984 With bathe þe chekis & þe chauyls as a chykin brid. 1793 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 190/1 (table) Cat bird, or Chicken Bird... Muscicapa vertice nigro. Catesby. 1835 Laws Commonw. Mass. 8 Apr. cxxxvi. 506 He shall forfeit and pay, for each and every plover, curlew, dough-bird, or chicken bird, so taken. 1873 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1872 5 217 It [sc. Gallinago pusilla] scratches the ground much in the manner of a fowl; from this habit the settlers have given it the name of the ‘chicken-bird’. 1955 Amer. Speech 30 182 The ruddy turnstone has a series of chicken names, probably given in recognition of its familiarity and comparative tameness. These include chicken (Mass.), chicken bird (Maine, Mass.), [etc.]. 2001 C. Saechao in S. Guilloud Through Eyes of Judged 120 I knew that if I didn't hit that ‘chicken bird’ on the head I would have no chance in killing him. < as lemmas |
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