| 单词 | house hen |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse hen house hen n. the female of the domestic chicken, Gallus gallus domesticus (as distinguished from other (female) galliform birds); (in later use) spec. such a hen kept indoors as a pet.Cf. earlier home-hen n. at home n.1 and adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) ii. l. 143 Rith as þe hous-hennes..hacchen And cherichen her chekonys. 1576 T. Twyne Schoolemaster i. xix. sig. Cij.v Aboue all foules these are the finest the Stare, younge Pertredges, and house chickens, and next vnto them the elder Pertredge, the Feasant, the house Hen, and the Capon. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry ii. xvii. 126 The Turky-Henne will not like the House-henne call her Chickens to feed them. 1737 J. Brickell Nat. Hist. N.-Carolina 204 They lay Eggs as large as a House-Hen. 1859 T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs I. Introd. p. xciv Henry of Lancaster..came to spread his wings over them and cover them from the cold, as the house-hens cherish their chickens. 2001 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 15 Dec. 20 Several readers have known charming house hens, but none of them house-trained. < as lemmas |
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