a biddy
biddy 是可数名词,单数形式前常用冠词 a。
The farmer bought a new biddy for the henhouse.
农夫为鸡舍买了一只新母鸡。
母鸡
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母鸡
adult female chicken
The farmer bought a new biddy for the henhouse.
农夫为鸡舍买了一只新母鸡。
唤鸡或小鸡的称呼
A name used in calling a hen or chicken, often as "biddy-biddy-biddy".
Our old biddy has been sitting on her eggs for three weeks.
我们家的老母鸡已经在蛋上孵了三周了。
The children scattered some corn and watched the biddies race across the yard.
孩子们撒了些玉米,看着那群母鸡跑过院子。
Every morning the farmer lets the biddies out of the coop to look for insects.
每天早晨农夫把母鸡们放出鸡舍,让它们找虫子吃。
biddy 是可数名词,单数形式前常用冠词 a。
The farmer bought a new biddy for the henhouse.
农夫为鸡舍买了一只新母鸡。
复数形式 biddies 用于表示多只鸡。
They keep a dozen biddies in their backyard.
他们在后院养了十二只母鸡。
Not this
I saw two biddys in the yard.
Use this
I saw two biddies in the yard.
名词 biddy 以辅音加 y 结尾,变复数时应将 y 改为 i 再加 es,而不是直接加 s。
Not this
She is my best biddy.
Use this
She is my best buddy.
Biddy 意为“母鸡”或“小鸡”,与表示“朋友”的 buddy 发音相近但意义不同,此处混淆了词义。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
“咕咕咕”的唤鸡声
The farmer called 'biddy-biddy-biddy' and the hens came running.
农夫喊着“咕咕咕”唤鸡,母鸡们就跑过来了。
唤小鸡
Every evening, she goes out to call the biddies into the coop.
每天傍晚,她都出去唤小鸡进鸡舍。
来,小鸡(唤鸡用语)
"Come, biddy!" she coaxed, holding out a handful of grain.
“来,小鸡!”她捧着一把谷子哄道。
爱唠叨的老太婆
Stop acting like an old biddy and mind your own business.
别像个爱唠叨的老太婆似的,管好你自己的事吧。
傻女人
Don't ask that silly biddy for directions; she'll send you the wrong way.
别向那个傻女人问路,她会给你指错方向。
Use biddy naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
biddy 音似“哔嘀”,想象你“哔嘀哔嘀”地唤鸡,小鸡就围过来,记住它=唤鸡声。
语域:informal 常见场景:农场、乡村院落 通常用于口语,在农场或乡村院落唤鸡、小鸡时使用,多属于非正式场合的用法。
复数形式为 biddies
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