fowl

英 [faʊl]

美 [faʊl]

n.  家禽; 鸟
v.  捕鸟; 打鸟; 捕野禽

复数：fowls　现在分词：fowling　过去式：fowled　第三人称单数：fowls　过去分词：fowled　

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习惯用语

n.

neither fish nor fowl
• 非驴非马；不伦不类
  neither one thing nor another

牛津词典

noun

• 家禽
  a bird that is kept for its meat and eggs, for example a chicken
  1. fowl such as turkeys and ducks
     诸如火鸡和鸭之类的家禽
• 鸟
  any bird

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 鸟;(尤指)家禽
  Afowlis a bird, especially one that can be eaten as food, such as a duck or a chicken.
  1. Carve the fowl into 8 pieces.
     把这只家禽切成 8 块。
  2. ...ducks and many other animals and fowl.
     鸭子以及许多其他动物和家禽

英英释义

noun

• a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
  Synonym:domestic fowlpoultry
• the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
  Synonym:bird

verb

• hunt fowl in the forest
• hunt fowl

双语例句

• I could match my cousin's game-cock with a sturdier fowl. liver of a chicken used as meat.
  我可以用一只更强壮的种鸡斗败我堂兄的公鸡。用作肉食的鸡的肝脏。
• Guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar.
  珍珠鸡及产于非洲和马达加斯加的相关鸟类。
• We are specialized in silky fowl and food products.
  我们专门出产真空包装乌骨鸡和一般食品。
• Having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl.
  羽毛被去除了，例如从皮毛或者家禽上。
• Flesh of a guinea fowl ( especially of hens).
  几内亚家禽（特别是母鸡）的肉。
• The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds.
  家禽和其他鹑鸡类的鸟头上的红色肉冠。
• This proposal is neither fish nor fowl. I can't tell what you're proposing.
  这个建议不伦不类，我真说不出你在提些什么。
• The distribution of all the nuclei were similar to Pekin duck and fowl.
  各核团的分布与北京鸭和鸡的基本一致。
• An epidemiological investigation showed that the patient had slaughtered and processed sick water fowl.
  流行病学调查表明，病人曾屠宰和加工过生病水禽。
• Oval reproductive body of a fowl ( especially a hen) used as food.
  家禽（尤其是母鸡）产的椭圆形的可再生的身体，用作食物。