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a/an + (adj.) + chick
形容词常用来描述小鸡的年龄、大小、颜色或状态。
A fluffy chick peeped from under the hen.
一只毛茸茸的小鸡在母鸡身下叽叽叫。
雏鸟；小鸡
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雏鸟；小鸡
a young bird, especially a baby chicken
A fluffy chick peeped from under the hen.
一只毛茸茸的小鸡在母鸡身下叽叽叫。
幼鸟
A young bird.
雏鸟,尤指家禽的幼鸟
young bird especially of domestic fowl
(非正式)年轻女子
informal terms for a (young) woman
The mother hen carefully watched over her chicks.
母鸡小心地照看着她的小鸡。
A group of chicks were chatting loudly at the café.
一群年轻女孩在咖啡馆里大声聊天。
The farmer found a lost chick behind the barn.
农夫在谷仓后面发现了一只迷路的小鸡。
形容词常用来描述小鸡的年龄、大小、颜色或状态。
A fluffy chick peeped from under the hen.
一只毛茸茸的小鸡在母鸡身下叽叽叫。
The chick hatched from its egg this morning.
这只小鸡今天早上从蛋里孵出来了。
The farmer raises dozens of chicks every spring.
农民每年春天都会饲养几十只小鸡。
Not this
I ate a chick for lunch.
Use this
I ate a chicken for lunch.
学习者将"chick"（小鸡）误用为"chicken"（鸡肉）。"chick"指幼鸟，而"chicken"才指食用的鸡肉或成年鸡。应使用"chicken"表达食物。
Not this
There is much chick in the yard.
Use this
There are many chicks in the yard.
学习者将可数名词"chick"当作不可数名词使用。"chick"是可数名词，复数形式为"chicks"，应用"many"修饰，而非"much"。
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小鸡
The hen was protecting her baby chicks.
母鸡在保护她的小鸡。
可爱的姑娘
He was talking to a cute chick at the party.
他在派对上和一个可爱的姑娘聊天。
年轻女子
She's just a young chick starting her career.
她只是个刚开始职业生涯的年轻女子。
女性电影
My girlfriend dragged me to see a chick flick.
我女朋友硬拉我去看了一部女性电影。
女性小说
She enjoys reading chick lit on the beach.
她喜欢在海滩上读女性小说。
吸引女性的东西
He thinks his sports car is a chick magnet.
他觉得自己的跑车很有异性吸引力。
Use chick naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想“chick”是“chicken”的小宝宝，词形更短表示年幼。
语域：mixed 常见场景：farming、biology、casual conversation、slang chick有两个常见含义：指小鸡时通常用于中性或正式场合；指年轻女子时多用于口语或俚语，比较随意。
指年轻女子时为非正式用语
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