| 单词 | turkey |
| 释义 | Word Frequency turkey(ˈtɜːkɪ) nounWord forms: plural -keys or -key 1. a large gallinaceous bird, Meleagris gallopavo, of North America, having a bare wattled head and neck and a brownish iridescent plumage. The male is brighter and has a fan-shaped tail. A domestic variety is widely bred for its flesh 2. the flesh of the turkey used as food 3. a similar and related bird, Agriocharis ocellata (ocellated turkey), of Central and N South America 4. any of various Australian birds considered to resemble the turkey, such as the bush turkey 5. slang, mainly US and Canadian a. a dramatic production that fails; flop b. a thing or person that fails; dud 6. derogatory, slang, mainly US and Canadian a stupid, incompetent, or unappealing person 7. slang (in tenpin bowling) three strikes in a row 8. cold turkey 9. talk turkey Word origin C16: shortened from Turkey cock (hen), used at first to designate the African guinea fowl (apparently because the birdwas brought through Turkish territory), later applied by mistake to the American birdWord Frequency Turkey(ˈtɜːkɪ) noun a republic in W Asia and SE Europe, between the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, and the Aegean: the centre of the Ottoman Empire; became a republic in 1923. The major Asian part, consisting mainly of an arid plateau, is separated from European Turkey by the Bosporus, Sea of Marmara, and Dardanelles. Languages: Turkish (official), Kurdish, and Arabic minority languages. Religion: Muslim majority. Currency: lira. Capital: Ankara. Pop: 80 745 020 (2017 est). Area: 780 576 sq km (301 380 sq miles) |
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