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Turkey
火鸡
核心释义
a large bird with a fan-shaped tail and a bare wattle-covered neck, widely domesticated for food
- 1.
一种尾巴呈扇形、颈部有肉垂的鸟,属火鸡属
A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.
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“土耳其红”的同义词(指一种鲜艳的红色染料或其颜色)。
Synonym of Turkey red (“a vibrant red dye or its color”).
- 3.
大型家禽,尾巴呈扇形;广泛驯养供食用
large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
- 4.
这种鸟的肉
The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- 5.
位于小亚细亚和巴尔干半岛的欧亚共和国;奥斯曼帝国1918年崩溃后,青年土耳其党在凯末尔·阿塔图尔克领导下于1923年建立共和国
a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923
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带有区别词的鸟,类似于普通火鸡(例如,刷火鸡或丛林火鸡,水火鸡)
With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
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做出轻率或烦人行为的人
a person who does something thoughtless or annoying
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连续三次全中
An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
火鸡肉;类似火鸡的鸟;笨蛋;傻瓜;连续三次全中;三连中;土耳其红
用法In use
A turkey was crossing the road, so the driver stopped.
用法提示:这里 turkey 作可数名词,指火鸡这种鸟。
Would you like some turkey with your salad?
用法提示:这里 turkey 作不可数名词,指火鸡肉。
He carved the turkey carefully before serving it.
用法提示:这里 turkey 作可数名词,指烤好的整只火鸡。
eat turkey
We eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
我们在感恩节吃火鸡。
be a turkey
俚语,指愚蠢或无能的人。
He was such a turkey when he forgot his lines.
他忘词时真是个无用的家伙。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- roast turkey
- 烤火鸡
- We had roast turkey for Thanksgiving.我们感恩节吃了烤火鸡。
- turkey sandwich
- 火鸡三明治
- I ordered a turkey sandwich for lunch.我午餐点了一个火鸡三明治。
- turkey dinner
- 火鸡大餐
- The family gathered for a turkey dinner.一家人聚在一起吃了火鸡大餐。
- turkey breast
- 火鸡胸肉
- She bought a turkey breast at the store.她在商店买了一块火鸡胸肉。
- turkey stuffing
- 火鸡填料
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
Turkey 意为火鸡,其尾部羽毛展开如扇,可联想'火'字代表红色羽毛。
语境与语域Context & Register
火鸡一词通常用于烹饪和饮食场合,比较常见于感恩节等节日语境,但日常使用很普遍。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -ky (murky, jerky, perky) rhyme perfectly with 'turkey'. Words ending in -ey (monkey, donkey, key) share the same spelling ending but have different stressed vowels; key also has a longer vowel sound.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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