turkey

英 [ˈtɜːki]

美 [ˈtɜːrki]

n.  吐绶鸡; 火鸡; 火鸡肉; 失败

复数：turkeys　

高考CET4CET6考研

Collins.1 / BNC.4180 / COCA.3292

习惯用语

n.

talk turkey
• 郑重其事地谈；严肃认真地谈
  to talk about sth seriously

牛津词典

noun

• 吐绶鸡；火鸡
  a large bird that is often kept for its meat, eaten especially at Christmas in Britain and at Thanksgiving in the US
• 火鸡肉
  meat from a turkey
  1. roast turkey
     烤火鸡肉
• 失败
  a failure
  1. His latest movie is a real turkey.
     他最近的那部电影是一大败笔。
• 笨蛋；草包
  a stupid or useless person

柯林斯词典

• See also:Turkeyis the flesh of this bird eaten as food.It's a proper Christmas dinner, with turkey and bread sauce.cold turkey

英英释义

noun

• large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail
  Synonym:Meleagris gallopavo
• an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
  1. the first experiment was a real turkey
  2. the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned
  Synonym:bombdud
• flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
• a person who does something thoughtless or annoying
  1. some joker is blocking the driveway
  Synonym:joker

双语例句

• She has journeyed on horseback through Africa and Turkey.
  她骑马游历了非洲和土耳其。
• Once the turkey has defrosted, remove the giblets.
  一旦火鸡解冻了之后，就把其内脏清除掉。
• Greece broke off relations with Turkey.
  希腊断绝了与土耳其的关系。
• The two great rivers of the Middle East rise in the mountains of Turkey.
  中东地区的两大河流发源于土耳其境内的山脉。
• It negotiated similar deals with Brazil and Turkey.
  中国与巴西和土耳其也就类似交易进行了谈判。
• The haulage company was a carrier of machine parts to Turkey.
  该公路货运公司负责将机械零件运往土耳其。
• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.
  他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• Avoid Using In: Turkey, Brazil, Venezuela, and France.
  在土耳其、巴西、委内瑞拉、和法国请避免使用。
• You cut the turkey without me?
  你不等我就切火鸡了？
• Oh! I see. We eat turkey and pumpkin pie on that day.
  哦，我明白了。我们在那一天吃火鸡和南瓜饼。