資料來源 : pyDict
小雞,雞肉;膽小鬼
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Chicken \Chick"en\, n. [AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock;
akin to LG. kiken, k["u]ken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G.
k["u]chkein. See {Cock} the animal.]
1. A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.
2. A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden.
``Stella is no chicken.'' --Swift.
{Chicken cholera}, a contagious disease of fowls; -- so
called because first studied during the prevalence of a
cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true
cholera.
資料來源 : WordNet®
chicken
adj : easily frightened [syn: {chickenhearted}, {lily-livered}, {white-livered},
{yellow}, {yellow-bellied}]
chicken
n 1: the flesh of a chicken used for food [syn: {poulet}, {volaille}]
2: a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have
been developed from the red jungle fowl [syn: {Gallus
gallus}]
3: a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
[syn: {wimp}, {crybaby}]
4: a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is
continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops