Word · Frequency #14751
fowls
禽；禽类
fowls is the plural of fowl.
A bird hunted or kept for food, such as chickens, ducks, geese, and other landfowl or waterfowl.
- 1.
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.
一种被猎取或饲养以供食用的鸟类,包括陆禽和水禽
- 2.
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
家鸡,被认为由红原鸡驯化而来
- 3.
the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
用作食物的禽肉(野生或家养)
家鸡；鸡；禽肉；一种被猎取或饲养以供食用的鸟类,包括陆禽和水禽；家鸡,被认为由红原鸡驯化而来；用作食物的禽肉(野生或家养)
In use
The farmer raises a variety of fowl, including chickens and ducks.
We roasted a whole fowl for the family dinner.
Many species of wild fowl migrate south for the winter.
Connections
Collocations
- domestic fowl
- 家禽；家鸡
- The domestic fowl is descended from the red jungle fowl.家鸡由红原鸡驯化而来。
- wild fowl
- 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。
- guinea fowl
- 珍珠鸡
- A guinea fowl was pecking in the garden.一只珍珠鸡正在花园里啄食。
- roast fowl
- 烤禽肉；烧鸡
- Roast fowl was served with roast potatoes.烤禽肉和烤土豆一起端上桌。
- keep fowls
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
fowl /faʊl/ 与 owl、howl、growl、scowl、prowl 押韵（拼写中的 -owl 均读 /aʊl/）；foul 与 fowl 同音异形。注意 bowl 拼写相似，但读 /boʊl/，并不押韵。
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。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.