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C0286700 (chĭk′ən)n.1. a. A common domesticated fowl (Gallus domesticus) widely raised for meat and eggs and believed to be descended from the jungle fowl G. gallus.b. Any of various similar or related birds.c. The flesh of the chicken, used as food.2. Slang A coward.3. Any of various foolhardy competitions in which the participants persist in a dangerous course of action until one loses nerve and stops.4. Vulgar Slang A young gay male, especially as sought by an older man.adj. Slang Afraid; cowardly.intr.v. chick·ened, chick·en·ing, chick·ens Slang To act in a cowardly manner; lose one's nerve: chickened out at the last moment.

[Middle English chiken, from Old English cīcen.]

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(ˈtʃɪkɪn) n1. (Animals) a domestic fowl bred for its flesh or eggs, esp a young one2. (Cookery) the flesh of such a bird used for food3. (Animals) any of various similar birds, such as a prairie chicken4. slang a cowardly person5. slang a young inexperienced person6. slang an underage boy or girl regarded as a potential target for sexual abuse7. (Games, other than specified) informal any of various, often dangerous, games or challenges in which the object is to make one's opponent lose his or her nerve8. count one's chickens before they are hatched to be overoptimistic in acting on expectations which are not yet fulfilled9. like a headless chicken informal Brit disorganized and uncontrolled10. no chicken no spring chicken slang no longer young: she's no chicken. adjslang easily scared; cowardly; timid[Old English ciecen; related to Old Norse kjūklingr gosling, Middle Low German küken chicken]

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n. 1. a domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus, descended from various jungle fowl of SE Asia and developed in a number of breeds for its flesh, eggs, and feathers. 2. the young of this bird, esp. when less than a year old. 3. the flesh of the chicken used as food. 4. Slang. a. a cowardly or fearful person. b. a young or inexperienced person. c. Usually Offensive. a young woman. d. a young male sexual partner sought by older men. 5. a contest or confrontation that threatens serious, sometimes fatal consequences if one of the participants errs or does not yield. adj. 6. Informal. a. cowardly. b. frightened. 7. Slang. a. petty or trivial: a chicken regulation. b. obsessed with petty details. v. 8. chicken out, to withdraw from a commitment, esp. out of fear. [before 950; Middle English chiken, Old English cīcen; akin to Middle Dutch kieken, Middle Low German küken] usage: Definition 5f is usually perceived as insulting to women.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chicken - the flesh of a chicken used for foodpoulet, volailleGallus gallus, chicken - a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowlpoultry - flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for foodbroiler - flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broilingcapon - flesh of a castrated male chickenfrier, fryer, pullet - flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for fryingroaster - flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roastingspatchcock - flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed)hen - flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewingwhite meat, breast - meat carved from the breast of a fowlchicken wing - the wing of a chicken
	2.	chicken - a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowlGallus gallusdomestic fowl, fowl, poultry - a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowlchick, biddy - young bird especially of domestic fowlrooster, cock - adult male chickencapon - castrated male chickenbiddy, hen - adult female chickenspring chicken - a young chicken having tender meatRhode Island red - American breed of heavy-bodied brownish-red general-purpose chickenDominick, Dominique - American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggsOrpington - English breed of large chickens with white skinchicken, poulet, volaille - the flesh of a chicken used for food
	3.	chicken - a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washycrybaby, wimpdoormat, weakling, wuss - a person who is physically weak and ineffectual
	4.	chicken - a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stopscontest, competition - an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
Adj.	1.	chicken - easily frightened chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied, yellowcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechcowardly, fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley

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nounSlang. An ignoble, uncourageous person:coward, craven, dastard, funk, poltroon.Slang: yellow-belly.adjectiveSlang. Ignobly lacking in courage:chickenhearted, cowardly, craven, dastardly, faint-hearted, lily-livered, pusillanimous, unmanly.Slang: gutless, yellow, yellow-bellied.

Translations

鸡鸡肉小鸡胆小鬼

chicken

(ˈtʃikin) noun1. a young bird, especially a young hen. She keeps chickens.小鸡2. its flesh used as food. a plate of fried chicken.鸡肉3. (slang.) a coward. （俚）胆小鬼 ˌchicken-ˈhearted adjective cowardly. 胆怯的ˈchicken-pox noun an infectious disease with fever and red itchy spots. 水痘chicken out to avoid doing something because of cowardice. He chickened out at the last minute. 因害怕而停止做某事，退缩

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domesticated fowl kept primarily for meat and eggs; including birds of the order Galliformes, e.g., the chicken, turkey, guinea fowl, pheasant, quail, and peacock; and natatorial (swimming) birds, e.g., the duck and goose.
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a domestic bird of the order Galliformes. Descended from the wild jungle fowl, chickens are the most widely domesticated species of poultry. They are raised for their meat and eggs, and their feathers and down are also used.

Chickens are classified by their principal products into egg, dual-purpose (meat and eggs), and meat breeds. Each has specific anatomical and physiological characteristics. Laying hens are small, grow rapidly, and mature early. The meat and dual-purpose breeds are larger, have well-developed muscles, and mature later.

Roosters develop bony processes, spurs, on the lower part of the metatarsus. Both hens and roosters have crests, which come in such shapes as leaf (with several teeth), rose, and pea. Hens of egg breeds most commonly have leaf crests, which fall to the side at the second or third tooth. The beak is slightly curved. In most breeds, the beak and metatarsus are the same color: yellow, pale pink, black, and so on. Plumage color varies.

Hens of egg breeds weigh 1.8–2.2 kg and roosters, 2.7–3.0 kg; of dual-purpose breeds, 2.5–3.0 kg and 3.5–4.0 kg; and of meat breeds, 3.0–3.5 kg and 3.5–4.5 kg. Chicks at birth weigh 30–35 g. Chicks of dual-purpose breeds at 70–80 days usually weigh 20–30 percent more than those of egg breeds. Broilers attain a weight of 1.5–1.6 kg by 60–65 days of age. The white meat of broilers is a dietetic product; it contains over 20 percent complete proteins and only 5–7 percent fat.

Hens reach sexual maturity (age at the time of laying the first egg) at five or six months. Birds of egg breeds mature earlier than those of dual-purpose breeds. Annual production of layers is 200–220 eggs and at the best purebred farms, 220–250 (the record is 365). The highest egg production is found in crossbred and interlineal hybrid birds selected for egg productivity and egg quality. A hen’s early eggs weigh 40–50 g; by the age of one year she lays eggs weighing 55–65 g. Hens of dual-purpose breeds lay smaller eggs than those of laying breeds. Egg laying ceases in hens with the onset of molting, which in good layers lasts for two to three weeks and two months or more in poor ones. After molting, hens resume laying if feeding and maintenance conditions are good.

Hens are capable of laying eggs for approximately ten years. Commercial farms use hens only during the first year of egg laying for economic reasons: egg production decreases with age by 10–15 percent each year. On purebred farms they are used for two to three years, and only highly productive birds are kept for the second and third years. A purebred flock usually consists of 55–60 percent pullets, 30–35 percent two-year-olds, and 10 percent three-year-olds. Roosters are used up to two years (the more valuable ones three years). The sex ratio in a purebred flock is one rooster for eight to 12 hens.

Hens may be kept without roosters when only food eggs are desired. The instinct for brooding is poorly developed in the majority of cultivated breeds, and eggs are hatched in incubators. The period of embryonic development of a chick averages 21 days. Incubation of all eggs suitable for hatching will yield several dozen chicks from each hen.

Chickens are kept in poultry houses (on the floor or in cages). Rations include grain of two or three types—for example, corn and barley (65–70 percent of the weight of all dry fodders), oilcakes and grist (8–12 percent), and dry animal fodders—fish meal and meat-and-bone meal (3–5 percent), dried yeast (1–3 percent), edible roots and tubers, grass meal, mineral fodders, and vitamin supplements. In countries where poultry raising is well developed, the commercial feed industry manufactures ready-mixed formulas for all ages of chickens. Large specialized chicken and egg farms produce eggs and poultry meat on a commercial basis. The principal tasks of chicken breeding are developing specialized egg-laying and meat lines and testing them for matching and crossbreeding to obtain hybrid layers and broilers.

REFERENCES

Fauna SSSR: Ptitsy, vol. 1, issue 4. Moscow-Leningrad, 1941.
Sel’skokhoziaistvennaia ptitsa. Edited by E. E. Penionzhkevich, vols. 1–2. Moscow, 1962.
Smetnev, S. I. Ptitsevodstvo, 5th ed. Moscow, 1970.

chicken

[′chik·ən] (vertebrate zoology) Galus galus. The common domestic fowl belonging to the order Galliformes.

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slang insult used toward the timid. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 322]See: Cowardice

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indicates martinetish authority. [Military Slang: Wentworth, 98]See: Discipline

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1. a domestic fowl bred for its flesh or eggs, esp a young one 2. any of various similar birds, such as a prairie chicken 3. Informal any of various, often dangerous, games or challenges in which the object is to make one's opponent lose his nerve

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(dreams)This flightless bird may be pointing to personal characteristics and needs that you may not necessarily want to look at. Consider the activities in the dream, as well as the mood, and then attempt to make a good interpretation. Chickens can represent cowardliness, gossip, excessive talking, and powerlessness. They are not known for their intelligence or beauty, and their presence in your dream could be an invitation to get more serious and better focused. The more positive suggestion in this dream is that chickens lay eggs. Eggs are symbolic of something new and fragile. They represent life and development in its earliest forms and as such, their possibilities are limitless.

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noun an ignoble, uncourageous person

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adj ignobly lacking in courage

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noun the flesh of a chicken used for food

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noun a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs

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noun a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy

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noun a foolhardy competition

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adj easily frightened

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