a bantam
bantam 是可数名词，可用不定冠词 a 修饰。
He keeps a bantam in his backyard.
他在后院养了一只矮脚鸡。
矮脚鸡
各种小型家禽品种
各种小型家禽品种
any of various small breeds of fowl
The farmer keeps a small flock of bantams in the backyard.
这位农民在后院养了一小群矮脚鸡。
用法提示：bantam 作为名词，指矮脚鸡品种。
A bantam rooster crowed loudly at dawn.
一只矮脚公鸡在黎明时高声啼叫。
用法提示：bantam 用作可数名词，表示矮脚鸡个体。
Children enjoy watching bantams peck at grain in the coop.
孩子们喜欢看矮脚鸡在鸡舍里啄食谷物。
用法提示：bantam 的复数形式 bantams 在此处使用。
bantam 是可数名词，可用不定冠词 a 修饰。
He keeps a bantam in his backyard.
他在后院养了一只矮脚鸡。
bantam 的复数形式是 bantams。
Bantams are popular as ornamental fowl.
矮脚鸡作为观赏禽类很受欢迎。
定冠词 the 可指特定的一只矮脚鸡。
The bantam laid a small egg.
那只矮脚鸡下了一个小蛋。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is very bantam.
正确表达She is very small.
用英语中，“bantam”是名词，意为“矮脚鸡”，不能用作形容词表示“小”。应使用形容词“small”。
grammar · medium
易错句子I have two bantam.
正确表达I have two bantams.
“bantam”的复数形式是“bantams”，表示多只矮脚鸡时需加-s。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a bantam fighter.
正确表达He is a bantamweight fighter.
拳击量级为“bantamweight”，而非“bantam”。“bantam”仅指矮脚鸡，不表示量级。
bantam（矮脚鸡）与bantamweight（最轻量级）共享词根，但前者指一种小型鸡，后者指拳击体重级别
bantam与banty意思相同，但banty为口语简写，常被视为非正式变体
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