Chick
[tʃɪk]
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate.
(n.) A chicken.
(n.) A child or young person; -- a term of endearment.
整理:佩吉
解釋/意思:
n. the young of fowls esp. of the hen: a child as a term of endearment.—ns. Chick′a-bid′dy Chick′-a-did′dle terms of endearment addressed to children; Chick′en the young of birds esp. of the hen: its flesh: a child: a faint-hearted person; Chick′en-haz′ard a game at dice (see Hazard); Chick′en-heart a cowardly person.—adj. Chick′en-heart′ed.—ns. Chick′en-pox a contagious febrile disease chiefly of children and bearing some resemblance to a very mild form of small-pox; Chick′ling a little chicken; Chick′weed a species of stitchwort and one of the most common weeds of gardens and cultivated fields—for making poultices and for feeding cage-birds which are very fond of its leaves and seeds.—Mother Carey's chicken a sailor's name for the Stormy Petrel; No chicken one no longer young.
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例句/造句/用法:
- You precocious chick! 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Aristotle traced with some care the embryological develo pment of the chick from the fourth day of incubation. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- I always said she was sent to console me for never having chick or child of my own. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- A chick, for example, pecks accurately at a bit of food in a few hours after hatching. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- As a result, the chick is limited by the relative perfection of its original endowment. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- It was rabbit cooked with onions and green peppers and there were chick peas in the red wine sauce. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- You see she is only a feeble chick, observed Mr. Helstone. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- What do Chick and his family want here at this time of the morning, I wonder! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- A piece of muslin or woolen cloth should be next the bottom to prevent burning the chicks. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Keep the heat among the chicks at about 90 deg. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- This incubator will hatch chicks, ducks, turkeys, or guineas, and we see no reason why it should not hatch the egg of the ostrich or anything else as well. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Let the tank rest on inch boards with no opening under it, but in front; a fringe should hang in front for the chicks to run in and out under the tank. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Chicks hatched by incubators, if rightly cared for, do better than with hens, and are stronger and more vigorous. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Feed the chicks four or five times a day, at first on hard-boiled eggs, chopped fine, giving them also a little milk, fine screenings, and millet seed. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
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