domestic fowl
collocation家禽；家鸡
The domestic fowl is descended from the red jungle fowl.
家鸡由红原鸡驯化而来。
禽；禽类
fowls — plural of fowl
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禽；禽类
A bird hunted or kept for food, such as chickens, ducks, geese, and other landfowl or waterfowl.
The farmer raises a variety of fowl, including chickens and ducks.
这位农民饲养了多种家禽，包括鸡和鸭。
一种被猎取或饲养以供食用的鸟类,包括陆禽和水禽
A bird hunted or kept for food, grouped into landfowl (order Galliformes), also called gamefowl, and waterfowl (order Anseriformes: ducks, geese, swans, etc.), which together form the clade Galloanserae.
家鸡,被认为由红原鸡驯化而来
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
用作食物的禽肉(野生或家养)
the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
We roasted a whole fowl for the family dinner.
我们为家庭晚餐烤了一只整禽。
Many species of wild fowl migrate south for the winter.
许多种野禽向南迁徙过冬。
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家禽；家鸡
The domestic fowl is descended from the red jungle fowl.
家鸡由红原鸡驯化而来。
野禽；猎禽
Many wild fowls can be seen around the lakes.
在这些湖泊周围能看到许多野禽。
珍珠鸡
A guinea fowl was pecking in the garden.
一只珍珠鸡正在花园里啄食。
烤禽肉；烧鸡
Roast fowl was served with roast potatoes.
烤禽肉和烤土豆一起端上桌。
养家禽；养鸡
My grandmother used to keep fowls in her yard.
我祖母过去在院子里养鸡。
不伦不类；非驴非马
The new policy is neither fish nor fowl, pleasing no one.
这项新政策不伦不类，谁都不满意。
你们看那天上的飞鸟，也不种，也不收，也不积蓄在仓里，你们的天父尚且养活它。你们不比飞鸟贵重得多吗？（《圣经·马太福音》6:26）
Fowls such as chickens and turkeys are commonly raised for their meat.
鸡和火鸡等家禽通常是为食用而饲养的。
非驴非马；不伦不类。指难以明确归类的事物。
The new policy is neither fish nor fowl – it doesn't fit our current regulations.
这项新政策非驴非马，不符合我们现有的规定。
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fowl 与 foul 同音：foul 是“臭的”，fowl 是“禽类”。fowl 里有 owl（猫头鹰），记住它是禽类。
语域：mixed 常见场景：ornithology、hunting、poultry farming、cooking、literary writing fowl 的语域随语境变化：在鸟类学、狩猎和家禽业等专业语境中属中性术语；在烹饪中指禽肉时多用于书面或传统表述；日常口语中通常用 bird 或 chicken，较少直接说 fowl。
指家禽时是可数名词，指禽肉时是不可数名词，复数形式为fowls。
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